rebel movement

collocation in English

meaningsofrebelandmovement

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rebel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreb.əl/us
/ˈreb.əl/
a person who is opposed to the political system in their country and tries to change it using ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofrebelandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In other cases, it may be that the political representatives of arebelmovementtend to have a different background from field commanders.
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Force, not elections, was therefore always likely to be the ultimate option of therebelmovementin its quest for full executive power.
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Therebelmovementgrows daily because the sense of hopelessness is steadily increasing in the countryside and young people join the rebels.
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This marks yet another outbreak of violence between government forces and therebelmovementbut, as we know, violence is not the way to resolve complex and sensitive conflicts.
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As therebelmovementspread, discipline became more difficult to maintain, and acts of violence and terror increased.
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The exact origin of therebelmovementis unclear.
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Therebelmovementclaimed to have seized seven tanks from the army, five of which in good condition, while the other two were destroyed.
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The phrase subsequently became emblematic of therebelmovement.
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Therebelmovementtook on a radical anti-feudal dimension, supporting peasant rebellions against the landed nobility.
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Both gave rise to rebel movements with tacit or open support from peasants who had been hurt by violence or reforms.
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Not surprisingly, mineral-rich areas have turned out to be major targets of rebel movements.
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This reductionism appears in unadulterated form in the study of rebel movements.
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We have argued why many rebel movements are likely to degenerate into banditry.
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In order to infiltrate therebelmovementand get within striking distance of his target, he stirs up trouble in the local bar and gets arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Rebel movements are then an aggregation of such interests.
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It is this pronounced relative deprivation in the urban areas of rentier states that partly explains their proneness to rebel movements.
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The rebel movements were initially organised in strict top-down fashion.
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One should note here the problems of discipline that plague both stationary and roving rebel movements.
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