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Insurrectionary

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in·sur·rec·tion  (ns-rkshn)
n.
The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nsurrcti, nsurrctin-, from Latin nsurrctus, past participle of nsurgere, to rise up; see insurgent.]
insur·rection·al adj.
insur·rection·ary (-sh-nr) adj. & n.
insur·rection·ism n.
insur·rection·ist n.
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Adj.1.insurrectionary - of or relating to or given to insurrection
insurrectional
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The only great pleasure such a restriction suggested was the pleasure of breaking it, and Tom began to meditate an insurrectionary visit to the pond, about a field's length beyond the garden.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that Resolves and Ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address by Lincoln, Abraham View in context
It sent the most insurrectionary tune into the world that was ever composed.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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