as in revolt
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
a mutiny led by the ship's cook
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as in to rebel
to rise up against established authority
the party's conservative faction mutinied just before the election
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Recent Examples of mutiny
Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Bosses in Silicon Valley, who saw the social-justice initiatives and worker solidarity of the COVID crisis as a kind of mutiny, felt emboldened and sought to regain control over their workforce, including by requiring people to return to the office.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Stephen R. Weissman, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
After the officer in charge hanged one of the men, the crew mutinied, built their own ship, and sailed home, abandoning the fort some 11 months after their arrival.
—Shanti Menon, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Noun
Business leaders face challenges, including the frantic need for speedy decision-making, unexpected market shifts, geopolitical volatility, internal mutinies, power plays and harrowing decisions that can hurt the livelihood of their teams by cutting jobs.
—Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Bosses in Silicon Valley, who saw the social-justice initiatives and worker solidarity of the COVID crisis as a kind of mutiny, felt emboldened and sought to regain control over their workforce, including by requiring people to return to the office.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Within days, however, Congo’s troops mutinied against their all-white officer corps (a holdover from the colonial era) and started terrorizing the European population.
—Stephen R. Weissman, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
After the officer in charge hanged one of the men, the crew mutinied, built their own ship, and sailed home, abandoning the fort some 11 months after their arrival.
—Shanti Menon, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutiny
Noun
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That led to a developer revolt, a subreddit blackout, and the shutdown of some popular Reddit clients.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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The revolt against Tesla is not slowing down, and in some cases people are outright getting rid of their cars.—
Saahil Desai,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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Given recent rumors that those in bondage intended to rebel, the delegation accepted his explanation, withdrew and convinced the waiting crowd outside to disperse.—
Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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Elphaba and Glinda, who spent the first act and film becoming unlikely friends, go their separate ways as Elphaba chooses to rebel against the Wizard and Glinda stays behind.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fitch cited the January 6th insurrection as a significant concern.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The exchange comes after the president issued a blanket pardon for nearly all of those charged for the insurrection just hours after returning to the White House.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
26 Mar. 2025
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah was a leading activist in the country’s 2011 uprising.—
Mounira Elsamra,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Many of the demonstrators in this 1852 uprising in Guovdageaidnu (a city known to Norwegians as Kautokeino) were subsequently imprisoned, and some died behind bars.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The hit show returns with its sixth and final season on April 8, and audiences should brace for an explosive finale as the rebellion in Gilead finally ignites.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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The title is borrowed from Elizabeth Alexander’s fourth collection persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies, and a sequence of ars poetica which examines the Black experience through the lens of the slave rebellion on the Amistad and nineteenth-century American art.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Mutiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutiny. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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