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revolts

 
Noun revolt has 1 sense
  1. rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
    --1 is a kind of conflict, struggle, battle
    --1 has particulars:
     insurgency, insurgence; intifada, intifadah; mutiny; Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt; Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny
    Derived form: verb revolt1
Verb revolt has 3 senses
  1. revolt - make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"
    --1 is one way to
    rebel, arise, rise, rise up
    Derived form: noun revolt1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. disgust, gross out, revolt, repel - fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"
    --2 is one way to stimulate, excite, stir
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
    --3 is one way to repel, repulse
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to revolt Sue
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