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Uprising

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Definitions for Uprising

noun
organized opposition to authority
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  1. a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
verb
come into existence
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  1. take on form or shape
  2. A new religious movement originated in that country
  3. a love that sprang up from friendship
  4. the idea for the book grew out of a short story
  5. An interesting phenomenon uprose
verb
ascend as a sound
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  1. The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
verb
rise up as in fear
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bristle uprise stand up
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  1. The dog's fur bristled
  2. It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
verb
rise to one's feet
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arise rise uprise get up stand up
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  1. The audience got up and applauded
verb
come up, of celestial bodies
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rise come up uprise ascend
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  1. The sun also rises
  2. The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
  3. Jupiter ascends
verb
move upward
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rise lift arise move up go up come up uprise
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  1. The fog lifted
  2. The smoke arose from the forest fire
  3. The mist uprose from the meadows
verb
return from the dead
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  1. Christ is risen!
  2. The dead are to uprise
verb
get up and out of bed
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get up turn out arise uprise rise
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  1. I get up at 7 A.M. every day
  2. They rose early
  3. He uprose at night

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