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revolt
[ ri-vohlt ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
- to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually followed by from ):
He revolts from eating meat.
- to rebel in feeling (usually followed by against ):
to revolt against parental authority.
- to feel horror or aversion (usually followed by at ):
to revolt at the sight of blood.
verb (used with object)
- to affect with disgust or abhorrence:
Such low behavior revolts me.
noun
- the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
Synonyms: , ,
- an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent:
a voter revolt at the polls.
revolt
/ ɪˈəʊ /
noun
- a rebellion or uprising against authority
- in revoltin the process or state of rebelling
verb
- intr to rise up in rebellion against authority
- usually passive to feel or cause to feel revulsion, disgust, or abhorrence
Derived Forms
- ˈDZٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·DZİ noun
- ܲr·DZĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of revolt1
Example Sentences
"Rebel music in Ireland has all the same sort of ideas as hip-hop in America. A community that's oppressed, using songs to revolt in some way," said Mo Chara.
The novel won praise from the Nobel Prize Committee for its attention to "structures of power" and "images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
Trump, facing financial market revolt over his latest tariffs, has already altered his plans repeatedly.
Even in a world after 1916’s Easter Rising — when Irish nationalists revolted against British rule— governmental efforts to revive Irish proved futile.
This unique arrangement means that Musk could theoretically assign any value he wants to X and xAI, so long as none of the investors revolted.
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