38-Mutiny

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adjective [myoo-in-knee]

FULL DEFINITION

-forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; especially : concerted revolt (as of a naval crew) against discipline or a superior officer

SYNONYMS: insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, outbreak, revolt, revolution, rising, uprising

ANTONYMS: dribbling, trickling

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Examples:

-"The troops halted their four-day mutiny, the second protest of the year, on May 16 when the government agreed to complete their payments."  ~Olivier Monnier, Bloomberg.com, "Mutinies 'Humiliated' Ivory Coast, Parliament Speaker Soro Says", 29 May 2017

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