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Definition of Insurrections
1. insurrection [n] - See also: insurrection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurrections
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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