rebellion

Preposition: in

north: Eighteen years of conflict have not seen a military solution to the rebellion in the north.

Converse of object

• quell: An army of 4000 passed through Chester on their way to Ireland, to quell the rebellion of Tyrone.
• foment: In Eastern Europe his aim on the contrary is to foment rebellion.
• suppress: He then went westward to suppress a rebellion led by the Welsh princes.
• crush: Scene of the infamous battle in 1746 which saw Bonnie Prince Charlies ' Jacobite rebellion crushed.
• incite: No benefit other than revolt is gained for inciting rebellion.
• subdue: The government has sent thousands of troops to subdue the rebellion in the enclave, which has no border with the rest of Angola.

Preposition: against

• tyranny: Nicholas Blake QC said that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights allowed for the possibility of rebellion against tyranny and oppression.
• Roman: It was not too many years later that wholesale rebellion against the Romans broke out in Judea.

Adjective modifier

• '45: During the '45 rebellion, the ford close by was defended by the Jacobites before being taken by Cumberland's government forces.
• armed: The biggest enemy facing people isn't drought, but armed rebellion.
• youthful: How important is the idea of youthful rebellion or cynicism to punk?
• teenage: MORE » Closer, Closer Sarah's period of teenage rebellion is somewhat exacerbated by her being a twin.
• failed: The exemplary actions of Young Ireland were repeated in further failed rebellions.
• outright: Certainly, there is the possibility of outright rebellion against the leaders of the church.

Noun used with modifier

• Jacobite: Also near here is where the first shots of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 were fired.
• backbench: The legislation establishing NHS foundation trusts attracted much controversy, and a major backbench rebellion among Labor MPs, but was passed into law.
• boxer: The first episode with Christopher Eccleston as the doctor will be aired while I'm at the boxer rebellion gig in Dundee.
• slave: He was captured and hung after leading the biggest slave rebellion in Jamaica's history.
• peasant: The peasant rebellion has spread in a more militant form.