rebel
noun
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of their country.
had rebelled
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past perfectof rebel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Consumers had rebelled against the chain over rising costs of its food, with images of an $18 Big Mac combo meal sold in Connecticut going viral in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
It offered freedom only to those enslaved people whose masters had rebelled.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2021
The Magna Carta - Latin for Great Charter - was agreed at Runnymede in 1215 and sealed by after powerful barons had rebelled and captured London.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2012
In 1588, Philip launched the Spanish Armada in an attempt to punish Protestant England and its queen, Elizabeth I. Elizabeth had supported Protestant subjects who had rebelled against Philip.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved people in the states that had rebelled.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
