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uprisings

uprisings is the plural of uprising.

Meaning of uprising

Noun

uprising (plural uprisings)

  1. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
    • WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's...2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, page 18

Questions about uprisings

What is uprisings the plural of?
Uprisings is the plural of uprising.

Words near uprisings in the dictionary

  1. uprisers
  2. uprises
  3. uprisest
  4. upriseth
  5. uprising
  6. uprisings
  7. uprist
  8. uprists
  9. upriver
  10. uproar
  11. uproared

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