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Collocations for revolt - noun

ADJ.

great
The Great Revolt of 1381 may have been caused by attempts to keep wages down.
full-scale, general, large-scale, mass, popular, serious, widespread
There was a general revolt against the leadership at the party congress.
open
Parliament came out in open revolt against the president.
armed | peasant/peasant''s, shareholder''s, student, etc.

VERB + REVOLT

cause, prompt, provoke, stir up | lead
a student-led revolt
stage | control, crush, deal with, put down, quash, suppress
The revolt was suppressed with total ruthlessness.

REVOLT + VERB

break out
Revolt broke out when the government decided to raise the price of bread.
spread | overthrow sb/sth
The regime was overthrown by a popular revolt.

PREP.

in ~
The farmers rose in revolt.
~ against
the revolt against the poll tax in Britain
~ by
a revolt by backbenchers
~ over
the farmers'' revolt over imported meat
~ within
revolt within the party

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