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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uprising \Up*ris"ing\, n.
1. Act of rising; also a steep place an ascent. ``The steep
uprising of the hill.'' --Shak.
2. An insurrection; a popular revolt. --J. P. Peters.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
uprising
n : organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: {rebellion},
{insurrection}, {revolt}, {rising}]
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