Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A popular revolt against a government or its policies; a rebellion.
- noun The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of rising up, as from below the horizon, from a bed or seat, or from the grave.
- noun Ascent; acclivity; rising.
- noun A riot; an emeute; a rebellion; insurrection; popular revolt.
- noun The ceremonies connected with the recovery and reappearance in society of a lady of rank after the birth of a child. Compare
lying-down .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent.
- noun An insurrection; a popular revolt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
popular revolt that attempts tooverthrow agovernment or itspolicies ; aninsurgency orinsurrection - verb Present participle of
uprise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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Examples
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Joe Cirincione (one of the best writers on proliferation issues) says the uprising is a "game changer" for how Iran may treat the nuclear weapons question in the years ahead.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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Now, the uprising is almost dead and if it fails, it would be Obama's Failure to use this situation to over throw the Iranian president.
CNN Poll: Americans don't want to intervene in Iran election crisis 2009
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Our failure to achieve our stated objective in the uprising is abject.
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Our failure to achieve our stated objective in the uprising is abject.
Damn them. 2004
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Our failure to achieve our stated objective in the uprising is abject.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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Our failure to achieve our stated objective in the uprising is abject.
Oh so pure... 2004
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Mikhael, who writes for the daily An-Nahar, home to both Kassir and Tueni, and who heads the Maharat Foundation that hosted the IFEX conference, was referring to the uprising by Lebanese citizens in 2005 aimed at ending 30 years of Syrian tutelage.
Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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"Five days later, the uprising is little more than a symbolic protest, crushed by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps," she wrote.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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Mikhael, who writes for the daily An-Nahar, home to both Kassir and Tueni, and who heads the Maharat Foundation that hosted the IFEX conference, was referring to the uprising by Lebanese citizens in 2005 aimed at ending 30 years of Syrian tutelage.
Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Mikhael, who writes for the daily An-Nahar, home to both Kassir and Tueni, and who heads the Maharat Foundation that hosted the IFEX conference, was referring to the uprising by Lebanese citizens in 2005 aimed at ending 30 years of Syrian tutelage.
Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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