Associations to the word «Insurrection»

Wiktionary

INSURRECTION, noun. A violent uprising of part or all of a national population against the government or other authority; a mutiny; a rebellion.

Dictionary definition

INSURRECTION, noun. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.

Wise words

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