mutiny

mutiny
noun
ADJECTIVE
army, naval (esp. BrE)
VERB + MUTINY
stage
lead
be faced with, face
PREPOSITION
mutiny against

He led a military mutiny against the senior generals.

mutiny by

mutiny by the men


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  • Mutiny — Mu ti*ny, n.; pl. {Mutinies}. [From mutine to mutiny, fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of movere to move. See {Move}.] 1. Insurrection against constituted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mutiny! — Studio album by Set Your Goals Released July 11, 2006 …   Wikipedia

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  • mutiny — I noun defiance, disloyalty, disobedience, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, motus, opposition, oppugnancy, outbreak, rebellion, refusal to comply, resistance, revolt, revolution, seditio, sedition, subversion, treason,… …   Law dictionary

  • Mutiny — Mu ti*ny, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mutinied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutinying}.] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mutiny — [n] defiance, resistance disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, refusal to obey, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, strike, uprising; concepts 300,388,633 Ant. obedience, subservience mutiny [v] defy, revolt be insubordinate, disobey,… …   New thesaurus

  • mutiny — ► NOUN (pl. mutinies) ▪ an open rebellion against authority, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers. ► VERB (mutinies, mutinied) ▪ engage in mutiny; rebel. ORIGIN from French mutin mutineer, rebellious …   English terms dictionary

  • mutiny — [myo͞ot′ n ē] n. pl. mutinies [< earlier mutine, to rebel < Fr mutiner < OFr mutin, mutinous < meute, a revolt < LL * movita, movement, ult. < L movere,MOVE] revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted… …   English World dictionary

  • Mutiny — (engl., spr. msūtini), Aufruhr. Empörung; im besondern der Sepoy Aufstand 1857/58 (s. Ostindien, Geschichte) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • mutiny — *rebellion, revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, putsch, coup Analogous words: *sedition, treason: traitorousness, treacherousness, perfidiousness or perfidy, faithlessness (see corresponding adjectives at FAITHLESS) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Mutiny — For other uses, see Mutiny (disambiguation). Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly situated individuals (typically members of the military; or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) to openly oppose, change or… …   Wikipedia

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