Uprising Definition

ŭprīzĭng
uprisings
noun
uprisings
The action of rising up; specif., an outbreak against a government; revolt.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
American Heritage
An upward slope or ascent.
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verb

Present participle of uprise.

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Other Word Forms of Uprising

Noun

Singular:
uprising
Plural:
uprisings

Uprising Sentence Examples

  • Glorious is thine uprising from the horizon.

  • What reason was there for assuming any probability of an uprising in the city?

  • In the Mutiny of 1857 Morar was the scene of the most serious uprising in Central India.

  • In 89 he was expelled by a popular uprising and perished the following year in a sea-fight with the Alexandrian ships off Cyprus.

  • The Hussite movement was also a democratic one, an uprising of the peasantry against the landowners at a period when a third of the soil belonged to the clergy.

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Words Starting With

UUPUPR

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With U and Ending With G

Starts With U & Ends With GStarts With UP & Ends With GStarts With U & Ends With NG

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With U8 Letter Words Ending With G