Definition of Insurrections

1. Noun. (plural of insurrection) ¹

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Definition of Insurrections

1. insurrection [n] - See also: insurrection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurrections

insurgencies
insurgency
insurgent
insurgently
insurgents
insuring
insurmountability
insurmountable
insurmountableness
insurmountably
insurrection
insurrectional
insurrectionary
insurrectionist
insurrectionists
insurrections
insusceptibility
insusceptible
insusceptibly
insusceptive
insusurration
inswathe
inswathed
inswathes
inswathing
inswept
inswing
inswinger
inswinging
inswings

Literary usage of Insurrections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Negro in American History: Men and Women Eminent in the Evolution of the by John Wesley Cromwell (1914)
"... IV SLAVE Insurrections /SLAVE Insurrections were a constant menace to the safety and / security of slavery and the laws provided against the personal ..."

2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1832)
"Insurrections and military operations in the Canton of Basle—The insurgents are put down—and again take arms—A federal army occupies the ..."

3. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"The King's method of suppressing Insurrections, I DESIRED leave of this Prince to see the Curiosities of the Island, which he was graciously pleased to ..."

4. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"... the government—King's return to Normandy —Discontents of the English—Their insurrections—Rigours of the Norman government—New insurrections—New rigours ..."

5. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"CAUSES OF THE FREQUENT Insurrections AND REVOLTS IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. I HAVE taken care, in relating the seditions that happened in the Persian empire, ..."

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