uprising

Definition of uprising in English English dictionary: a popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection; Present participle of uprise; When there is an uprising, a group of people start fighting against the people who are in power in their country, because they want to bring about a political change. a popular uprising against the authoritarian government Isolated attacks in the north-east of the country have now turned into a full-scale uprising. = rebellion, revolt. an attempt by a group of people to change the government, laws etc in an area or country = rebellion. Paxton Boys uprising Tonghak Uprising Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Uprising; {i} rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, mutiny; {n} the act or time of rising; Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent; organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another; An insurrection; a popular revolt; insurgence; uprist; uprest
uprise: To have an upward direction or inclination
uprise: {n} the act or time of rising
uprise: {v} to rise from a seat, come up, ascend
Paxton Boys uprising: (1763) Attack by Pennsylvania frontiersmen on an Indian settlement during the Pontiac Indian uprising. After 57 drunken rangers from Paxton, Pa., slaughtered 20 innocent and defenseless Conestoga Indians near Lancaster, Pa., the colonial governor ordered the arrest of those involved. Because local residents were sympathetic to the "Paxton Boys," no prosecutions were undertaken. Instead, angered by appropriations insufficient to defend the western frontier, more than 600 armed frontiersmen marched on Philadelphia in 1764. They were met by leading Philadelphians, including Benjamin Franklin, who promised the men a hearing
Tonghak Uprising: (1894) Korean peasant rebellion that sparked the Sino-Japanese War. Despite being persecuted for it, impoverished peasants turned increasingly to Tonghak ("Eastern Learning"; see Ch' ndogyo), a syncretic, nationalistic religion that opposed Western culture and espoused equality of all people. When demonstrations staged by Tonghak followers calling for social reform met with a negative government response, the peasantry united with them in a rebellion that succeeded in defeating government troops in southern Korea. The government called on China for aid; Japan sent in troops without being asked, and China and Japan clashed. The rebels laid down their arms to defuse tensions; nevertheless, the Sino-Japanese War ensued. The leaders of the uprising, including Ch'oe Si-hy ng, were executed
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: (April 19-May 16, 1943) Revolt by Polish Jews under Nazi occupation against deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp. By July 1942 the Nazis had herded 500,000 Jews from surrounding areas into the ghetto in Warsaw. Though starvation killed thousands each month, the Nazis began transferring more than 5,000 Jews a day to rural "labour camps." When word reached the ghetto in early 1943 that the destination was actually the gas chambers at Treblinka, the newly formed Jewish Fighting Organization (OB) attacked the Nazis, killing 50 in four days of street fighting and causing the deportations to halt. On April 19 Heinrich Himmler sent 2,000 SS men and army troops to clear the ghetto of its remaining Jews. For four weeks the OB and guerrillas fought with pistols and homemade bombs, destroying tanks and killing several hundred Nazis, until their ammunition ran out. Not until May 8 did the Nazis manage to take the OB headquarters bunker. Many of the surviving OB fighters took their own lives to avoid being captured. The battle raged until May 16, when the SS chief declared "The Warsaw Ghetto is no more." During the 28 days of the uprising, more than 40,000 Jews were either killed or deported
Warsaw Uprising: (August-October 1944) Insurrection in Warsaw in World War II that failed to prevent the pro-Soviet Polish administration from gaining control of Poland. In July 1944, as Soviet troops approached Warsaw, the Polish underground was encouraged to stage an uprising against the Germans. Though wary of Soviet promises of self-government, the Polish home army of 50,000 troops attacked the weakened German force and gained control of most of Warsaw in four days. German reinforcements then bombarded the city with air and artillery attacks for 63 days. The approaching Red Army halted, and the Soviets refused to allow aid from the Allies to the beleaguered Poles, who were forced to surrender when their supplies ran out in October; the Germans then deported the rest of the city's population and destroyed most of the city itself. During the fighting, some 300,000 Poles died. By allowing the Polish home army to be eliminated, the Soviets diminished potential resistance to their establishing political domination of Poland in 1945
incited the uprising: caused the rebellion
the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto: Jewish anti-Nazi rebellion in the Polish ghetto of Warsaw in 1943
uprise: To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon
uprise: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
uprise: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
uprise: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
uprise: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
uprise: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
uprise: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled "; "Jupiter ascends"
uprise: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
uprise: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
uprise: The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising
uprise: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A M every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
uprisings: plural of uprising