| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority: insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, sedition, uprising. See RESIST. | | VERB: | 1. To offend the senses or feelings of: disgust, nauseate, repel, sicken. Idioms: turn one's stomach. See LIKE. 2. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force a government or ruling authority: mutiny, rebel, rise (up). See RESIST.
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