noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an outbreak of insurrection
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It was widely believed that the outlaws had been plotting an insurrection .
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The reign of civil disorder and terrorism culminated in armed insurrection .
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the ruthless suppression of slave insurrections
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any insurrection was met by a hefty blow.
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Castro liked to recall the earliest days of the insurrection , before Frank and Raymo went into the Sierra Maestra.
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However, a careful reading of the statutes indicates no distinction between insurrections in a state and insurrections of a state.
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If anything should jeopardise that freedom - an insurrection for instance - the Church, without hesitation, will condemn it.
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The day after that, the leaders of the insurrection surrendered.
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The imperial powers had two main interests on the island: keeping down insurrection and importing its rice and sugar.