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Synonyms for insurrection

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-suh-rek-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn səˈrɛk ʃən

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Définition of insurrection

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French insurrection, from Late Latin insurrectionem (nominative insurrectio) "a rising up," noun of action from past participle stem of insurgere "to rise up" (see insurgent).
  • noun rebellion
Example sentences :
  • Never had there been insurrection so sudden, so short, and so successful.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Let the cause of insurrection be removed, then, as speedily as possible.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Incidents of the Insurrection in the western parts of Pennsylvania.
  • Extract from : « The Battle of Bunkers-Hill » by Hugh Henry Brackenridge
  • Besides this news there was a general account of the insurrection.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • This is the night appointed for the breaking out of the insurrection.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • Essex immediately became urgent to commence the insurrection at once.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • The localista has also some items of news about the Cuban insurrection.
  • Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
  • Give him that, and he will have no incentive to insurrection.
  • Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
  • The author was in Gallicia before the peasants' insurrection in 1846.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
  • The knowledge that an insurrection was impending was not confined to the Transvaal.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce

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