revolt
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.
had revolted
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past perfectof revolt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A Taliban source told Reuters that Mahdi had fallen out with the Taliban and had revolted against the group's leadership.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2022
By then, the poet had revolted against his father’s severe morality, yet he felt obligated to pay a debt of honor.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
The Baltic states had revolted against Soviet power; their own national authorities were governing in parallel with Moscow.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2017
The drab beige color highlighted by a repellant pink, the granular texture, and its metallic tang of putrefied iron had revolted me since early childhood.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2016
They were not outlaws because they were murderers, or for any reason like that They were Saxons who had revolted against Uther Pendragon’s conquest, and who refused to accept a foreign king.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
