insurrection
in-suh-REK-shunnounMeaning a violent uprising against a government or authority
Memory hook IN-SURRECT: the pawns RISE UP. In Pip’s dream, the little chess pawns rise up all at once and chase the king right off the board; it is an insurrection.
The governor sent troops to put down the insurrection in the northern provinces.
In context What began as a peaceful march over the price of bread grew into an armed insurrection, and for a month the rebels held the capital.
Similar uprising, rebellion, revolt, insurgency
Opposite obedience, submission
From Late Latin insurrectio, from insurgere (to rise up).