(v. i.) Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
(n.) One who rebels.
(v. i.) To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
(v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nearly four months into the conflict, rebels control large parts of eastern Libya , the coastal city of Misrata, and a string of towns in the western mountains, near the border with Tunisia.
(2) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
(3) said Wanis Kilani, a uniformed rebel driving a pickup truck with a machine-gun mounted on the back.
(4) But Zambelis added: "Whatever rebel government emerges, China already has a place in the country business-wise.
(5) Rebels have accused regional powers of becoming involved in the fighting, including Angola and Zimbabwe, while the government believes Rwanda has been aiding the militias.
(6) At one, in the Gun and Dog pub in Leeds on Tuesday, a witness described how the meeting descended into chaos when one of the rebels smashed a glass and threatened to attack Griffin supporter Mark Collett.
(7) Somalia has faced drought; famine; decades of conflict, now involving the Islamist rebels of al-Shabaab among other groups; the absence of an effective, central authority; and spiralling food prices.
(8) The Saudi-led war in Yemen launched in March – against Houthi rebels who the Saudis insist are backed by Iran – has diverted resources and underlined the priority being given to the Gulf’s unstable and impoverished backyard.
(9) There were numerous reports of looting and tampering with evidence, although rebel authorities angrily denied them.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An armoured vehicle manned by pro-Russian rebels leaves Donetsk in the direction of the MH17 crash site.
(11) Since Yemeni militia backed by Saudi airstrikes retook the port city from Houthi rebels in July last year , Aden was officially back in government control but largely dependent on other countries for its security.
(12) Monuc was not able to prevent the siege of Bukavu by rebel commanders in 2004 or to counter threats posed by the Rwandan FDLR militia or Laurent Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the Congolese People (CNDP) rebellion.
(13) Rebels succeeded in hitting one of the helicopters with a Tow missile, forcing it to make an emergency landing.
(14) The Syrian government also hit rebel-held areas with air strikes on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
(15) Rebelling by dabbling in drink, fags, sex – the list goes on – is part of growing up.
(16) Britain is being urged to halt the supply of weapons to its ally Saudi Arabia in the light of evidence that civilians are being killed in Saudi-led attacks on rebel forces in Yemen .
(17) Ukraine map An aide to Ukraine's interior minister posted on Facebook that rebels had begun surrendering in some areas of Kiev's "anti-terrorist operation", and the newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda reported that some rebels were asking for a corridor to put down their arms and leave areas surrounded by government forces.
(18) Tehran might also decide to retaliate by stepping up military support for Houthi Shia rebels in Yemen, who are fighting a Saudi-led alliance.
(19) Kiev said the rebels carried out the attacks themselves, with the prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk calling it an act of “Russian terrorism”.
(20) Tallents's two children haven't exactly rebelled and joined the navy; one is involved in direct action, but he has chosen climate change.
Rouge
Definition:
(a.) red.
(n.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.
(n.) A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.
(v. i.) To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
(v. t.) To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was nothing accidental about Saffiyah Khan’s easy nonchalance, grinning through the spitting rage of Ian Crossland at the EDL rally in Birmingham city centre at the weekend; Ieshia Evans knew there was more power in calm when she approached the police in Baton Rouge last summer.
(2) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a former battalion commander in the Khmer Rouge, who has ruled his country for 30 years, will visit Australia in December.
(3) Tony Abbott said Cambodia had been helped by the international community when it was “in trouble some years ago” – a reference to the Khmer Rouge period – but that it was now keen to assist in managing refugee flows.
(4) This time, however, her home was not under threat from Khmer Rouge guerrillas, but was instead demolished by armed construction workers, hired by a land development corporation to carry out one of the capital's most ambitious new property developments.
(5) Brown’s call for the public to adjust their expectations of officers came as protesters in Dallas, Atlanta, Baton Rouge and elsewhere continued to demand police reform.
(6) In Montmartre , at his bar, Le Sabot Rouge, Henri Legourgue watched as the patrol passed outside.
(7) After a long stretch in the saddle, there is no better place to grab a beer than Café Rouge in Richmond Hill.
(8) From the age of 38, he led the Liberals for nine years, flaunting his advantage when, out on the election trail in 1974 wearing a trademark trilby, he vaulted a security barrier like a Moulin Rouge can-can dancer.
(9) But on the morning of 26 March 1996, as his team was preparing to start clearance work in a village in the province of Siem Reap, a group of 30 armed Khmer Rouge guerrillas emerged from the nearby forest.
(10) On Tuesday night about 150 protesters took to the streets of Baton Rouge chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “No justice, no peace”.
(11) A mortality follow-up study was conducted of workers employed at a synthetic rubber manufacturing plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Demonstrator Iesha Evans protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(13) She said she had worked as an elementary teacher in the Detroit public schools for 30 years, and her husband put in 30 at the Ford River Rouge Plant as a maintenance man.
(14) Similar feuding enveloped the reconstruction of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat following the ousting of the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1990s.
(15) Ben Foster The England reserve goalkeeper is a qualified chef who spent time working in the kitchen of Cafe Rouge in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, after leaving college.
(16) He tossed Shakespeare into a modern-day, thinly veiled Miami in the electrifying Romeo + Juliet and sent Nicole Kidman wafting, purring and simpering through bohemian Paris in Moulin Rouge!
(17) The Nazis knew this, and the Khmer Rouge – and the Islamic State clearly understand it too.” The site’s destruction is the latest assault by Isis against the ancient heritage of minorities that have coexisted in the Middle East for millennia.
(18) On Sunday, following the fatal shooting of three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the head of the city’s largest police union , Steve Loomis, called on Ohio governor John Kasich to temporarily rescind the right to open carry in the city, arguing those who did jeopardized the safety of officers.
(19) Extensive surveys were conducted in 1987 in Baytown, TX; Lafayette, Shreveport and Baton Rouge, LA; Memphis, TN; Kansas City, MO; Evansville, IN; and Jacksonville, FL.
(20) The modified capillary tube precipitin test was used to identify blood meal sources of Culex quinquefasciatus emerging from sewage ditches in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.