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Revolt

Revolt meaning

To rebel, particularly against authority. | To repel greatly. | To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

Example sentences (20)

This particular revolt, like all revolts may have been politically motivated, and it may have been a class revolt, but the trigger was the peasant farmers’ rejection of higher taxation.

As Denikin was the first to acknowledge, victory depended on a popular revolt against the Reds within central Russia--yet that revolt never came.

Chios, the greatest and most powerful of the original members of the Delian League save Athens, was the last to revolt, and in the aftermath of the Syracusan Expedition enjoyed success for several years, inspiring all of Ionia to revolt.

Darius had spent three years preparing men and ships for war when a revolt broke out in Egypt. This revolt in Egypt worsened his failing health and prevented the possibility of his leading another army.

Fearing revolt, Mendez arrested Manuel Antonio Ay, the principal Maya leader of Chichimilá, accused of planning a revolt, and executed him at the town square of Valladolid.

Following the death of Otto I in 973, Mieszko I sided with Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, against Otto II during Henry's failed revolt in 977. After the revolt was put down, Mieszko I swore loyalty to Otto II.

In 1680 these peoples mounted the Pueblo Revolt and were the first Native American group to successfully revolt against the Spanish; they expelled the Spanish colonists from the area for 12 years.

Their own incompetence resulted in an Albanian-Greek revolt against them, during which they invited in Ottoman troops to help put down the revolt.

Above all, he is deliberately engaging in destructive propaganda as we saw in the January 6, 2022 mob revolt and invasion of the US Capitol.

Afterwards the Chinese foreign ministry called the mercenary revolt an "internal affair" for Russia while expressing support for Putin's government.

A look inside the projection room at the "Virgil Ortiz Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders" exhibit at History Colorado.

America first conservatives would revolt against any post Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley might receive in a potential Trump administration, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said.

Among the structures uncovered in the village were three Mikvehs, coins from the time of the Great Revolt, adorned oil lamps with traditional Jewish decorations, and numerous pottery vessels.

A representative for Weber had no immediate comment about the revolt.

At the height of the most brutal of all slave regimes Haitians led the first successful revolt to become the first Black republic.

Before the Sabbat formed during the Convention of Thorns, they were a part of a rebellion known as the First Anarch Revolt.

But at an internal town hall meeting with staff to discus the changes, angry CBA staff lashed out at management in a revolt against the mandate.

China’s mass revolt – where now?

China’s ruling Communist Party called the swift end of the 22-hour revolt Moscow’s тАЬinternal affair,тАЭ with state media affirming China’s support for Russia.

Fallout from Russian mercenary revolt; Pride hits US streets; BET Awards recap.