uprising
noun
up·ris·ing
ˈəp-ˌrī-ziŋ 
: an act or instance of rising up
especially
: a usually localized act of popular violence in defiance usually of an established government
Examples of uprising in a Sentence
The government quickly put down the uprising.
the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed
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Hard-line Israelis like Netanyahu believe the Palestinians don’t want peace, citing the second Palestinian uprising of the early 2000s, and more recently the Hamas takeover of Gaza two years after Israel withdrew from the territory in 2005.
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Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
The result was a line drive to center that scored Ha-Seong Kim from third to tie the game and trigger a three-run uprising in a 4-3 win.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Penn North — located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenue — is infamous not just for the open-air drug market that has festered for years, but as the flashpoint of the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising.
—Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
At the same time, the Park Service closes the Stonewall Historic Monument that marks the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York’s Greenwich Village that helped instigate the Gay Liberation movement?
—William C. Hine, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
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Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
The result was a line drive to center that scored Ha-Seong Kim from third to tie the game and trigger a three-run uprising in a 4-3 win.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Penn North — located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenue — is infamous not just for the open-air drug market that has festered for years, but as the flashpoint of the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising.
—Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
At the same time, the Park Service closes the Stonewall Historic Monument that marks the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York’s Greenwich Village that helped instigate the Gay Liberation movement?
—William C. Hine, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
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“Uprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uprising. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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uprising
noun
up·ris·ing
ˈəp-ˌrī-ziŋ
: an act or instance of rising up
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