act of rebellion

collocation in English

meaningsofactandrebellion

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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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rebellion
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈbel.i.ən/us
/rɪˈbel.i.ən/
violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in ...
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(Definition ofactandrebellionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are dealing with anactofrebellion.
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To resist that in that country is anactofrebellion.
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To resist the action of central government in this country is also anactofrebellion.
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We have been brought into the present situation by, first, anactofrebellionand, secondly, by the repeated refusal of many opportunities to conclude a reasonable settlement.
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It was shown clearly that before the war young people smoked as anactofrebellionand young women especially were counselled very strongly to knock the habit.
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Despite his jazz roots he admits that his interest in performing rock music was anactofrebellion.
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As the two slowly fall in love, they help the guerrillas in releasing nine prisoners from jail as anactofrebellion.
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Adults saw it as anactofrebellion.
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Each of his works was anactofrebellionagainst accepted elitist social mores and codes.
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Her oneactofrebellionher leaving home before it is too late causes her first encounter with the world of white people.
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For adolescents, it can function as a first step out of childhood or as anactofrebellionagainst the adult world.
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He denounces me unjustly, but the king, my lord, does not examine my (alleged)actofrebellion.
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Chris has a tense relationship with his father, who registers early in part as anactofrebellion.
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Everyactofrebelliondenounces the law.
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However, most of these acts of rebellion remain localised.
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Sarah'sactofrebellionbrings her before the principal, and it seems she is destined for expulsion.
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Such acts of rebellion which could be individual were in the long run seen asactofrebellionwhich could ignite en masse insurrection leading to revolution.
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Beasts were often implicated in acts of rebellion along the frontier; they became highly charged objects of contestation on both sides.
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