rebel - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • defeat: To this position the defeated rebels crept, intent on expunging their defeat in the blood of the wounded Highlanders.
  • crush: The plan was a harsh refinement of a campaign last summer by Interior Ministry forces that failed to crush Albanian rebels.

Modifies a noun

  • faction: The other is that some pockets here are controlled by Sudanese rebel faction, the Sudan People's Liberation Army ( SPLA ).
  • baron: The rebel barons support the son of the king of France, Prince Louis in preference to King John.
  • army: The rebel army of 150 men were trained by Rip Robertson.
  • militia: However, the service has been totally disrupted by rebel militia and invasion by miners.

Adjective modifier

  • Maoist: India fears that rapid progress to a republic could allow the powerful Maoist rebels to fill the vacuum.
  • Kurdish: Many suspect Turkey wants to crack down on its own Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.
  • Albanian: The plan was a harsh refinement of a campaign last summer by Interior Ministry forces that failed to crush Albanian rebels.
  • Afghan: The Afghan rebels received about $ 3 billion from the CIA.
  • armed: But some found new freedom when they joined the country's armed rebels, and they are now helping maintain law and order.

Noun used with modifier

  • Renamo: No sugar had been produced there since 1986, when Renamo rebels destroyed the mill.
  • backbench: Labor's backbench rebels are acting against the interests of the poor.
  • separatist: The women have been held since September 10 in the southern province of Aceh, for allegedly carrying documents linking them to separatist rebels.
  • Hutu: In 1999 the center was destroyed by Rwandan Hutu rebels who killed 8 westerners.

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