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1. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
   "military security has been stepped up since the recent revolt";
   - rebellion, insurrection, rising, uprising

1. Make revolution
   "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"
    
2. Fill with distaste
   "This spoilt food revolts me";
   - disgust, gross out [informal], repel
    
3. Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
   "The pornographic pictures revolted us";
   - disgust, nauseate, sicken

Derived forms: revolted, revolting, revolts

Type of: arise, battle, conflict, excite, rebel, repel, repulse, rise, rise up, stimulate, stir, struggle

Encyclopedia: Revolt