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A conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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insurrection
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Middle French insurrection , from Late Latin insurrectionem (nominative insurrectio ) "a rising up," noun of action from past participle stem of insurgere "to rise up" (see insurgent ).
Wikipedia
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Insurrection is a fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid . It is the second book of the War of the Spider Queen hexad, a series set in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insurrection \In`sur*rec"tion\, n. [L. insurrectio, fr. insurgere, insurrectum: cf. F. insurrection. See Insurgent .] A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An organized opposition to an authority; a mutiny; a rebellion
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion , revolt , rising , uprising ]
Usage examples of insurrection.
The insurrection in the northern part of the country has been getting worse, and in the past few weeks there have been student riots and uprisings in Bangkok itself.
She could only guess at the location, but its presence so far from either Bangkok or the northern border suggested that the communist insurrection was far more widespread and better organized than anyone had realized.
Thai army and air force officers who feel that Bangkok is dealing too softly with the communist insurrection.
AMERICAN INSURRECTION Like Ross Barnett, Citizens Council chief William Simmons was a child of the Confederacy.
As his advisers debated the options, Ross Barnett revealed two weaknesses that are common to politicians, but 64AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION would prove potentially disastrous in this crisis: He wanted everyone to love him, and he constantly changed his mind.
For thirteen days Barnett and his government had flamboyantly 86AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION defied the force and majesty of federal law.
Despite the ongoing telephone contact with Governor Barnett and his representatives, it not only appeared as if the state government was going to continue its rebellion, 96AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION but FBI intelligence was indicating that the state would be supported in the streets by untold thousands of civilian volunteers from across the country.
When Barnett made his interposition speech on September 13, 104AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION Bobby Kennedy and his Department of Justice team assumed that Mississippi state officials and police forces could try to block Meredith and the marshals, possibly triggering widespread public disorder, which would require a much larger military force.
AMERICAN INSURRECTION Soon after the game, the cheers still ringing in his ears, Barnett phoned Robert Kennedy and called off the decoy plan.
Tonight, he was able to continue the deception by taking the incoming call from JFK away from the Citizens Council men 194AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION in his interior study, accompanied only by his twenty-nineyear-old daughter Ouida Barnett Atkins.
Counsellor von Ledebour, at Bielefeld, and for Colonel von Sobbe, who were to head the insurrection in that part of the country?
North, and there was some contact between blacks and Indians, as in 1712 when Africans and Indians joined in an insurrection.
Age of Insurrection, Aeolis, named for the winter wind that sang through the passes of the hills above the broad valley of the river Breas, had been the disembarkation point for the City of the Dead.
In its glory, before the Age of Insurrection, Aeolis, named for the winter wind that sang through the passes of the hills above the broad valley of the river Breas, had been the disembarkation point for the City of the Dead.
On the 10th of April, 1848, when the great Chartist meeting took place near London, the dispositions made by the great duke to put down any attempt at insurrection, excited the admiration of all military men.