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revolution
noun as in drastic action or change, often in politics
Strongest matches
coup, innovation, insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, shift, strike, transformation, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uprising, violence
Strong matches
anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, insubordination, metamorphosis, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, reformation, reversal, rising, row, shake-up, strife, subversion, tumult, turbulence, turnover, uproar, upset
Weak matches
coup d'état, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, radical change, underground activity
Example Sentences
The last queen of France was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband at the height of the French Revolution.
“And one of the things that I talk about extensively, as you know Brian, in the book, is confronting the Chinese Communist Party. You and I are both sons of the Reagan Revolution,” Roberts said.
We had a first founding after the revolution that created our first deeply flawed, imperfect democracy.
When then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sudan after the popular revolution that led to the ousting of military-Islamist ruler Omar al-Bashir, his main agenda was a simple trade: America would lift sanctions when Sudan agreed to sign the Abraham Accords.
He said the "clean energy revolution" had arrived and that no government could stop it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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