rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful.
open rebellion against the officers
revolution applies to a successful rebellion resulting in a major change (as in government).
a political revolution that toppled the monarchy
uprising implies a brief, limited, and often immediately ineffective rebellion.
quickly put down the uprising
revolt and insurrection imply an armed uprising that quickly fails or succeeds.
a revolt by the Young Turks that surprised party leaders
an insurrection of oppressed laborers
mutiny applies to group insubordination or insurrection especially against naval authority.
a mutiny led by the ship's cook
Example Sentences
The government quickly put down the uprising. the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed
Recent Examples on the WebUltimately, the Soviet empire disintegrated, not from a popular, massive uprising from below, as many in the West imagine, but from the mistakes and political infighting at the top, which progressively weakened the center’s authority. Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022 Published in 2016, the book is one of the most comprehensive accounts of the uprising, where more than 1,300 inmates took over part of a prison in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Maysoon Khan, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022 Other stops included Gay Street, Christopher Street, and finally Stonewall, where Venturiello quizzed the group on the history of the uprising that took place there. Emily Schutz, ABC News, 23 June 2022 The replica of the Amistad — the ship that was the site of an uprising of captive Africans in 1839 — will be open for free tours. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2022 Those solidarity efforts continue Friday as the city honors the 30th commemoration of the uprising. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 14 May 2022 But skeptics worry about depriving a president of the power to quickly deploy armed troops in the event of an uprising, as presidents did during the Civil War and the civil rights era.New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022 The English reacted to the news of the uprising with horror. Peter C. Mancall, Time, 22 Mar. 2022 The day is also used to remember victims of the 2015 Kharkiv bombing, during a rally to mark the anniversary of the uprising.Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + UPRISING | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤failed失敗的起義◇the failed uprising of 18301830 年以失敗告終的起義➤mass, national, popular民眾起義;民族起義;平民暴動➤massive大規模起義➤bloody, violent流血起義;暴動▸➤armed武裝起義▸➤revolutionary革命暴動▸➤military軍事暴動▸➤peasant, slave, student農民起義;奴隸暴動;學生暴動➤prison監獄暴動▸➤spontaneous自發的起義VERB + UPRISING➤provoke, spark, spark off挑起暴動;引發起義▸➤stage發動起義➤lead領導起義◇an uprising led by a rebel cleric由反叛的教士領導的暴動➤crush, put down, quell, suppress粉碎暴動;鎮壓起義PREPOSITION➤during the uprising, in the uprising在起義中◇He was killed in the Soweto uprising.他在索韋托起義中遇害。➤uprising against反對⋯的起義◇the 1951 uprising against colonial rule1951 年反對殖民統治的起義