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verbs
a revolt breaks out
(= starts )
• In 1821 revolts broke out in Moldavia and Wallachia.
people rise in revolt
(= start to take part in a revolt )
• At a word from Gandhi, India would have risen in revolt.
lead a revolt
• He led a revolt against Constantine and acclaimed Maximus as emperor.
suppress/crush/put down a revolt
(= end it by force )
• The Russians speedily crushed the revolt.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + revolt
a peasant revolt
(= by people who work on farms )
• This was the best-known peasant revolt in Soviet history.
a popular revolt
(= one involving a lot of ordinary people )
• Opposition groups had called for a popular revolt against the President.
open revolt
(= not hidden or secret )
• She faced open revolt from her Cabinet colleagues.
armed revolt
(= one in which weapons are used )
• Somalis living just across the Ethiopian border rose up in armed revolt.
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noun ADJ. great The Great Revolt of 1381 may have been caused by attempts to keep wages down. | full-scale, general, large-scale, mass, popular, serious, widespread There was a general revolt against the leadership at the party congress. | open Parliament came out in open revolt against the president. | armed | peasant/peasant's, shareholder's, student, etc. VERB + REVOLT cause, prompt, provoke, stir up | lead a student-led revolt | stage | control, crush, deal with, put down, quash, suppress The revolt was suppressed with total ruthlessness. REVOLT + VERB break out Revolt broke out when the government decided to raise the price of bread. | spread | overthrow sb/sth The regime was overthrown by a popular revolt. PREP. in ~ The farmers rose in revolt. | ~ against the revolt against the poll tax in Britain | ~ by a revolt by backbenchers | ~ over the farmers' revolt over imported meat | ~ within revolt within the party
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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revolt/rebellion/uprising
an attempt by a large group of people at revolution:
• a popular uprising (= involving ordinary people, not the army )
coup
an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers, suddenly take control of a country:
• a military coup
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