"insurrection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃ(ə)n/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insurrection.wav Forms: insurrections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: PIE word *upó From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|upó}} PIE word *upó, {{root|en|ine-pro|*n̥-|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|insurreccion|t=uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault}} Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”), {{nb...|insurreccyon, insurrecion, insurrection, insurrecyon, insurrexyon|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|frm|insurrection}} Middle French insurrection, {{der|en|fro|insurreccïon}} Old French insurreccïon, {{cog|fr|insurrection}} French insurrection, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|īnsurrēctiōnem}} Latin īnsurrēctiōnem, {{qualifier|rare}} (rare), {{glossary|accusative}} accusative, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-|t=to right oneself, straighten; just; right}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insurrection (countable and uncountable, plural insurrections), {{term-label|en|also|figuratively}} (also figuratively)
  1. (uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature. Tags: also, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms: insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, rising Derived forms: insurrectional, insurrectionary, insurrectionism, insurrectionist, insurrectionize, insurrectious, insurrectory, noninsurrectionary Related terms: insurrect, insurrecto Translations (action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising): انتفاضة (intifāḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), ապստամբություն (apstambutʻyun) (Armenian), բունտ (bunt) (Armenian), խռովություն (xṙovutʻyun) (Armenian), паўста́нне (paŭstánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), въста́ние (vǎstánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 暴動 (Chinese Mandarin), 暴动 (bàodòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 起義 (Chinese Mandarin), 起义 (qǐyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 造反 (zàofǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), povstání [neuter] (Czech), oprør [neuter] (Danish), opstand [common-gender] (Danish), muiterij [feminine] (Dutch), opstand [masculine] (Dutch), rebellie [feminine] (Dutch), uppreistur [masculine] (Faroese), kapina (Finnish), insurrection [feminine] (French), ამბოხება (amboxeba) (Georgian), ამბოხი (amboxi) (Georgian), აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba) (Georgian), Aufstand [masculine] (German), Erhebung [feminine] (German), Meuterei [feminine] (German), Revolte [feminine] (German), Rebellion [feminine] (German), εξέγερση (exégersi) [feminine] (Greek), מרידה (meridá) [feminine] (Hebrew), התקוממות (hitkomemút) [feminine] (Hebrew), felkelés (Hungarian), uppreisn [feminine] (Icelandic), insurrezione [feminine] (Italian), 暴動 (bōdō) (alt: ぼうどう) (Japanese), 폭동 (pokdong) (Korean), insurrectiō [feminine] (Latin), sēditiō [feminine] (Latin), opprør [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), opprør [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), عصیان ('osyân) (Persian), قیام (qiyâm) (Persian), شورش (šureš) (Persian), خیزش (xizeš) (Persian), insurekcja [feminine] (Polish), bunt [masculine] (Polish), insurreição [feminine] (Portuguese), insurecție [feminine] (Romanian), бунт (bunt) [masculine] (Russian), мяте́ж (mjatéž) [masculine] (Russian), восста́ние (vosstánije) [neuter] (Russian), бу́на [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), по̏буна [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀станак) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), búna [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍbuna [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ùstanak [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), povstanie [neuter] (Slovak), insurrección [feminine] (Spanish), resning [common-gender] (Swedish), revolt [common-gender] (Swedish), uppror (Swedish), исён (isyon) (Tajik), қиём (qiyom) (Tajik), шуриш (šuriš) (Tajik), туғён (tuġyon) (Tajik), กบฏ (gà-bòt) (Thai), повста́ння (povstánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), khởi nghĩa (Vietnamese), gwrthryfel [masculine] (Welsh), terfysg [masculine] (Welsh), אויפֿשטאַנד (oyfshtand) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (1866, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3)",
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          "ref": "1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “King Henry the Eyghte”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 1568, column 2:",
          "text": "After this, by the great wiſedome and politic of the Nobles and Captaynes, a communication was had, and an agreement made vppon the Kings pardon, obtayned for all the Captaynes and chiefe doers in this inſurrection, and promiſe made that they ſhoulde bee gentlye heard, to declare ſuch things as they found themſelues agreeued with, […]",
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          "ref": "1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “That Prelaty Was Not Set Up for Prevention of Schisme, as is Pretended, or if It Were, that It Performes Not What It Was First Set Up for, but Quite the Contrary”, in The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 29:",
          "text": "And therefore if God afterward gave, or permitted this inſurrection of Epiſcopacy, it is to be fear'd he did it in his wrath, as he gave the Iſraelites a King.",
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          "ref": "1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number XXVIII. The Same Subject Continued. [The Necessity of a Government, at Least Equally Energetic with the One Proposed.].”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC, page 173:",
          "text": "Our own experience has corroborated the leſſons taught by the examples of other nations; […] that ſeditions and inſurrections are unhappily maladies as inſeparable from the body politic, as tumours and eruptions from the natural body; […]",
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          "ref": "1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 85:",
          "text": "He returned to Spain, and was now on his way to join and take command of an insurrection, whose success was to be the touchstone of their countrymen.",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "paŭstánnje",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "паўста́нне"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎstánie",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "въста́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "暴動"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàodòng",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "暴动"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "起義"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qǐyì",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "起义"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zàofǎn",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "造反"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "povstání"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "oprør"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "opstand"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muiterij"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "opstand"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rebellie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uppreistur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "kapina"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurrection"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amboxeba",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "ამბოხება"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amboxi",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "ამბოხი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aǯanq̇eba",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "აჯანყება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Aufstand"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erhebung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Meuterei"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Revolte"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Rebellion"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exégersi",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εξέγερση"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "meridá",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מרידה"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitkomemút",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "התקוממות"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "felkelés"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uppreisn"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurrezione"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ぼうどう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bōdō",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "暴動"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pokdong",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "폭동"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurrectiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sēditiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "opprør"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "opprør"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'osyân",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "عصیان"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qiyâm",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "قیام"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šureš",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "شورش"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xizeš",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "خیزش"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurekcja"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bunt"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurreição"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurecție"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bunt",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бунт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mjatéž",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мяте́ж"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vosstánije",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "восста́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "бу́на"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "по̏буна"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "у̀станак)"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "búna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "pȍbuna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ùstanak"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "povstanie"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insurrección"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "resning"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "revolt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "uppror"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "isyon",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "исён"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qiyom",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "қиём"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šuriš",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "шуриш"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tuġyon",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "туғён"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gà-bòt",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "กบฏ"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povstánnja",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "повста́ння"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "word": "khởi nghĩa"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gwrthryfel"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "terfysg"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oyfshtand",
          "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אויפֿשטאַנד"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃ(ə)n/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkʃən"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "insurrectional"
    },
    {
      "word": "insurrectionary"
    },
    {
      "word": "insurrectionism"
    },
    {
      "word": "insurrectionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "insurrectionize"
    },
    {
      "word": "insurrectious"
    },
    {
      "word": "insurrectory"
    },
    {
      "word": "noninsurrectionary"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "upó"
      },
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      "name": "PIE word"
    },
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      "name": "root"
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "3": "insurrection"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "insurreccïon"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "insurrection"
      },
      "expansion": "French insurrection",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etymon"
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      "name": "glossary"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "īnsurrēctiōnem"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rare"
      },
      "expansion": "(rare)",
      "name": "qualifier"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "accusative"
      },
      "expansion": "accusative",
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    },
    {
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "*h₃reǵ-",
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      },
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          "text": "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (1866, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3)",
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          "text": "After this, by the great wiſedome and politic of the Nobles and Captaynes, a communication was had, and an agreement made vppon the Kings pardon, obtayned for all the Captaynes and chiefe doers in this inſurrection, and promiſe made that they ſhoulde bee gentlye heard, to declare ſuch things as they found themſelues agreeued with, […]",
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          "text": "And therefore if God afterward gave, or permitted this inſurrection of Epiſcopacy, it is to be fear'd he did it in his wrath, as he gave the Iſraelites a King.",
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          "ref": "1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number XXVIII. The Same Subject Continued. [The Necessity of a Government, at Least Equally Energetic with the One Proposed.].”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC, page 173:",
          "text": "Our own experience has corroborated the leſſons taught by the examples of other nations; […] that ſeditions and inſurrections are unhappily maladies as inſeparable from the body politic, as tumours and eruptions from the natural body; […]",
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          "text": "He returned to Spain, and was now on his way to join and take command of an insurrection, whose success was to be the touchstone of their countrymen.",
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      "roman": "intifāḍa",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
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      "roman": "apstambutʻyun",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "ապստամբություն"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "bunt",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "բունտ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xṙovutʻyun",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "խռովություն"
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "паўста́нне"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "vǎstánie",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "въста́ние"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "暴動"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàodòng",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "暴动"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "起義"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐyì",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "起义"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàofǎn",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "造反"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "povstání"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oprør"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "muiterij"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
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      "word": "rebellie"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uppreistur"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "kapina"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "insurrection"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amboxeba",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "ამბოხება"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "amboxi",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "ამბოხი"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aǯanq̇eba",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "აჯანყება"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Aufstand"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Erhebung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Meuterei"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Revolte"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
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      "word": "Rebellion"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "exégersi",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "meridá",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "מרידה"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitkomemút",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "התקוממות"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "felkelés"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uppreisn"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insurrezione"
    },
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      "alt": "ぼうどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōdō",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "暴動"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pokdong",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "폭동"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "insurrectiō"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sēditiō"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "opprør"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "opprør"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'osyân",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "عصیان"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qiyâm",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "قیام"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šureš",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "شورش"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xizeš",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "خیزش"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "insurekcja"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bunt"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "insurreição"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "insurecție"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bunt",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бунт"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjatéž",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "мяте́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosstánije",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "восста́ние"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бу́на"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
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        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "по̏буна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̀станак)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "búna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pȍbuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ùstanak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "povstanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insurrección"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "resning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "revolt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "uppror"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "isyon",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "исён"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qiyom",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "қиём"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šuriš",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "шуриш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tuġyon",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "туғён"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gà-bòt",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "กบฏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povstánnja",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "повста́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "word": "khởi nghĩa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwrthryfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terfysg"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyfshtand",
      "sense": "action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this — see also revolt, uprising",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אויפֿשטאַנד"
    }
  ],
  "word": "insurrection"
}

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