insurrections
Armed revolts against authority
Insurrections are violent uprisings against an established authority or government.
The word implies organized rebellion rather than spontaneous riot—an attempt to seize power or overthrow existing rule by force.
The government crushed the insurrection within days.
He was charged with inciting insurrection after the attack on the capitol.
Organized resistance to authority
- uprisingsOrganized resistance movements
- revoltsViolent political uprisings
- coupsForcible regime changes
- seditionInciting revolt against government
mutinies · overthrow · revolutionaries · insurgents · resistance · dissidents · regime change · civil unrest
Turnovers of power
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- SpartacusRebel gladiator of antiquity
- peasant revoltsAgrarian class rebellions
Boxer Rebellion · storming · barricades · Bastille · Jacobins · Bolsheviks · Zapatistas · independence movements
Military combat between groups
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- guerrilla warfareIrregular combat using ambushes
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
weapons · siege · occupation · counterinsurgency · suppression · martial law · troops · fortifications
Formal legal proceedings
- prosecutionsFormal legal actions against accused
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- reprisalsRetaliatory actions after offense
- executionsLegally sanctioned killings
imprisonment · exile · purges · restoration · reconciliation · tribunals · pardons · reparations
rebellions
Organized resistance to authority
- uprisingsOrganized resistance movements
- revoltsViolent political uprisings
- coupsForcible regime changes
sedition · mutinies · overthrow · revolutionaries · insurgents · resistance · dissidents · regime change · civil unrest · treason
revolutions
Turnovers of power
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- SpartacusRebel gladiator of antiquity
peasant revolts · Boxer Rebellion · storming · barricades · Bastille · Jacobins · Bolsheviks · Zapatistas · independence movements · liberation struggles
armed conflict
Military combat between groups
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- guerrilla warfareIrregular combat using ambushes
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
paramilitary · weapons · siege · occupation · counterinsurgency · suppression · martial law · troops · fortifications · skirmishes
trials
Formal legal proceedings
- prosecutionsFormal legal actions against accused
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- reprisalsRetaliatory actions after offense
executions · imprisonment · exile · purges · restoration · reconciliation · tribunals · pardons · reparations · reconstruction
- Polish Historypartitions, Piast dynasty, Pulaski, September 1939, Warsaw Ghetto
insurrectionspeace
Freedom from disturbance
order · stability · law and order · civil order · tranquility
insurrectionspeaceful protests
Orderly public expressions of dissent
elections · voting · civil discourse · democratic participation · petitions
insurrectionspeace
Freedom from disturbance
calms · harmony · public order · domestic tranquility · tranquility
- armed insurrectionViolent revolt against authority
insurrection, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, insurrectionists