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Uprising

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.

    "WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies."

  2. 2
    organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of uprise form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, uprise + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, uprise + -ing.

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