noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
popular
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The regime was overthrown by a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989.
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But as normality resumes, a strange myth still hovers around the popular uprising that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic.
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Marcos was overthrown in 1986 after a popular uprising .
■ VERB
crush
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Troops were sent in to crush the uprising at Carandiru prison in Sao Paulo.
suppress
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Some seek revenge for atrocities committed in suppressing the Shia uprising .
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Force is conveniently used to suppress political uprising .
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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
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a failed uprising against French colonial rule
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Peasant uprisings were the first signs of discontent among the people.
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The new law prompted a pro-democracy uprising in the south.
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The new leader put down the uprising by dispatching government troops to the area.
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The President took immediate steps to quell the uprising .
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The short-lived uprising fizzled out in the face of strong opposition from government forces.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.
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At least 20 of the rebel junior officers who staged the uprising surrendered by late afternoon.
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Conditions in Kursk town seemed propitious for an anti-Bolshevik armed peasant uprising in October.
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Recruits to the rebel cause were also thought to include students and survivors of the failed 1985 uprising led by Brig.
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The day he shook off their protection they instigated a guerrilla uprising backed by their own troops.
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The regime was overthrown by a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989.
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The site suggests that considerable preparation was made for the uprising .