UPRISING


Meaning of UPRISING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

popular

The regime was overthrown by a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989.

But as normality resumes, a strange myth still hovers around the popular uprising that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic.

Marcos was overthrown in 1986 after a popular uprising .

■ VERB

crush

Troops were sent in to crush the uprising at Carandiru prison in Sao Paulo.

suppress

Some seek revenge for atrocities committed in suppressing the Shia uprising .

Force is conveniently used to suppress political uprising .

This runs parallel with the use of force to suppress uprisings in poor nations against policies of these same institutions.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

crush a rebellion/uprising/revolt etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a failed uprising against French colonial rule

Peasant uprisings were the first signs of discontent among the people.

The new law prompted a pro-democracy uprising in the south.

The new leader put down the uprising by dispatching government troops to the area.

The President took immediate steps to quell the uprising .

The short-lived uprising fizzled out in the face of strong opposition from government forces.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.

At least 20 of the rebel junior officers who staged the uprising surrendered by late afternoon.

Conditions in Kursk town seemed propitious for an anti-Bolshevik armed peasant uprising in October.

Recruits to the rebel cause were also thought to include students and survivors of the failed 1985 uprising led by Brig.

The day he shook off their protection they instigated a guerrilla uprising backed by their own troops.

The regime was overthrown by a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989.

The site suggests that considerable preparation was made for the uprising .

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