uprising
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zɪŋ, ʌpˈraɪDictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used without object)
1.
to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture.
2.
to rise into view: As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us.
3.
to rise in revolt.
4.
to come into existence or prominence: Many calamities uprose to plague the people during the war.
5.
to move upward; mount up; ascend.
6.
to come above the horizon.
7.
to slope upward: The land uprises from the river to the hills.
8.
to swell or grow, as a sound: A blare of trumpets uprose to salute the king.
noun
9.
an act of rising up.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a revolt or rebellion |
| 2. | archaic an ascent |
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Example sentences
But earlier this year he released a robot uprising tale for younger readers.
As head of state-television news he had a bird's-eye view of the uprising.
Yet the uprising itself did not come as a surprise, only perhaps its speed and its bloodiness.
They were planning to investigate reports of an uprising among local tribes.
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