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insurrect

American  
[in-suh-rekt] / ˌɪn səˈrɛkt /

verb (used without object)

insurrects, insurrecting
  1. to rise up in revolt.


verb (used with object)

insurrects, insurrecting
  1. to rebel against, throw off, or depose (a power or authority).

Other Word Forms

  • insurrection noun
  • insurrectional adjective
  • insurrectionary adjective
  • insurrectionist noun

Example Sentences

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What other purpose have you, then, in insurrecting, you pack of hypocrites?

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You have not insurrected any since my proclamation of July 4, 1902.

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They mean to insurrect here, and are to honour me with a call thereupon.

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We loved them too, but of course they lived on the other side of the pond, and sometimes they and the Sepoys and the Soudanese had to insurrect.

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When the prisoner is decide to insurrect, who can say those gallant soldier don' be too strong?

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