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revolt against

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re⋅volt

  [ri-vohlt]
Use revolt against in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
2. to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually fol. by from): He revolts from eating meat.
3. to rebel in feeling (usually fol. by against): to revolt against parental authority.
4. to feel horror or aversion (usually fol. by at): to revolt at the sight of blood.
–verb (used with object)
5. to affect with disgust or abhorrence: Such low behavior revolts me.
–noun
6. the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
7. an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent: a voter revolt at the polls.
Origin:
1540–50; (v.) < MF revolter < It rivoltare to turn around < VL *revolvitāre, freq. of L revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (n.) < F révolte < It rivolta, deriv. of rivoltare

Related forms:
re⋅volt⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
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