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sublevations

sublevations is the plural of sublevation.

Meaning of sublevation

Noun

sublevation (countable and uncountable, plural sublevations)

  1. The act of raising on high; elevation.
    • The greateſt diſcoveries men have of God's light and truth, are from the midſt of Lightnings and Thunders, Afflictions Storms end in a calm of merciful ſublevation; […]1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter IV, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas]...
  2. An insurrection, an uprising.
    • So the Diſcontents and Inſurrections of the Nobles in England, though encouraged and ſupported by forreign Forces, yet failed of Succeſs againſt this nevv King and his Government, becauſe they vvere not follovved by any general Commotion or Sublevation of the People, vvhich left all ſafe and quiet...1695, William Temple, An Introduction to the History of England, London: […] Richard Simpson […], and Ralph Simpson […], →OCLC, page 211

Questions about sublevations

What is sublevations the plural of?
Sublevations is the plural of sublevation.

Words near sublevations in the dictionary

  1. sublevate
  2. sublevated
  3. sublevates
  4. sublevating
  5. sublevation
  6. sublevations
  7. sublevel
  8. sublevels
  9. sublexica
  10. sublexical
  11. sublexically

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