OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29057

insurrection

/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/
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insurrección
The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
He returned to Spain, and was now on his way to join and take command of an insurrection, whose success was to be the touchstone of their countrymen.
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