| 单词 | insurrection |
| 释义 | insurrection (once / 646 pages) n Insurrection is an uprising against a larger force that's in power. An insurrection can lead to revolution, but it is just as likely to be put down. Other words for insurrection include rebellion, revolt and uprising, the last of which is the translation of insurrection's Latin roots. The Boston Tea Party is probably the most famous American act of insurrection. One who rises up in insurrection is called an insurgent by the force they are rising against. Like Paul Revere, insurgents are often called heroes by the people they are rising up to support. WORD FAMILYinsurrection: insurrectional, insurrectionary, insurrectionism, insurrectionist, insurrections+/insurrectional: insurrectionally/insurrectionist: insurrectionists USAGE EXAMPLESHe was repeatedly transferred among Sicilian prisons for bad conduct, with prison records saying he bullied inmates and tried to spark insurrections. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) Prison records say he bullied inmates and tried to spark insurrections. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) In “Nat Turner’s Insurrection,” an 1861 essay by the abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Turner’s wife is a slave who belonged to a different master. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) n organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising Peasant's Revolt a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II Indian Mutinydiscontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) insurgence, insurgency an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict intifada, intifadahan uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 mutinyopen rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) battle, conflict, struggle an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
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