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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The Quechan Indians closed the trail in 1781 after an uprising that destroyed two missions.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, Andor — raised by his mother with idealized tales of his dead father — has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
While Fonseca frames the uprising as a type of emergent phenomenon in his post and a YouTube video, examination of the source code by AI researcher Simon Willison shows that Fonseca specifically instructed the villagers to behave this way and even escalate the unrest over time.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The persecution worsened more than a decade ago during uprisings that remade the Middle East by toppling dictators — including Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak — but in some places spiraled into civil war.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, Andor — raised by his mother with idealized tales of his dead father — has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
While Fonseca frames the uprising as a type of emergent phenomenon in his post and a YouTube video, examination of the source code by AI researcher Simon Willison shows that Fonseca specifically instructed the villagers to behave this way and even escalate the unrest over time.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The persecution worsened more than a decade ago during uprisings that remade the Middle East by toppling dictators — including Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak — but in some places spiraled into civil war.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uprising
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“Uprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uprising. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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uprising
noun
up·ris·ing
ˈəp-ˌrī-ziŋ
: an act or instance of rising up
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