uprising

Definition

  • noun: a usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country
  • noun: an act or instance of rising up
  • synonyms: rebellion, ascent, insurrection

Examples

  • The government quickly put down the 'uprising'.

  • an armed 'uprising'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) way from the Capitol. War. Terrible war. With those... Orphan... and motherless child. This was the uprising that brought our land. Districts rebel against the country that fed them. Protected them. Then came the peace. (..)
    2012 The Hunger Games