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up·ris·ing (up′rī′ziŋ)

noun

  1. the action of rising up; specif., an outbreak against a government; revolt
  2. an upward slope or ascent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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