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Insurrection

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

[ in-suh-rek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a violent uprising against an authority or government.

Examples of insurrection in a sentence:

  • During the insurrection, several convicts held a prison doctor hostage.  
  • By way of an insurrection, the lower class overthrew the selfish aristocrats during the French Revolution.  

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