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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rebel .
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Examples
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After each of the spells where his brain rebelled against the nanomeds transforming his brain, rewiring the infinite complexity of ‘individual’ to co-exist with many concepts originating from outside his own will, Adam was different yet again.
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We rebelled from the British and it is time to take up arms again and fight these bastards that are trying to destroy this great nation of ours. winstone
McConnell: Health care bill a 'legislative train wreck' 2009
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Capitolii qui erant custodes senatui, &c. He mentions an example of the Saxons and Suevi, who, after they had been subdued by Agrippa, again rebelled: tintinnabulum sonuit; sacerdos qui erat in speculo in hebdomada senatoribus nuntiavit: Agrippa marched back and reduced the — Persians, (Anonym. in Montfaucon, p. 297,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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He desires power which is ambition, and when the world refused his rule, he destroyed that part of it which rebelled, which is revenge.
When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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"My father's a swimming coach and I kind of rebelled against that very, very early on so any form of physical discipline has to be really cracked with a really smart whip."
'Social Network' Star Andrew Garfield Talks Getting In Shape To Play Spiderman Jordan Zakarin 2010
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"My father's a swimming coach and I kind of rebelled against that very, very early on so any form of physical discipline has to be really cracked with a really smart whip."
'Social Network' Star Andrew Garfield Talks Getting In Shape To Play Spiderman Jordan Zakarin 2010
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The mostly white suburban districts "rebelled," says the New York Times, and the legislature "drew up a measure to blunt the district's expansion."
Balkinization 2006
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Having attended Catholic grade school and high school, and being force-fed a steady diet of Bible readings, I did what human nature dictates, and "rebelled" against such involuntary indoctrination.
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Gideon Osborne was 13 when he "rebelled" and changed his name to George - after his war hero grandfather - and has since smoothly progressed to become chancellor.
The Guardian World News Patrick Barkham 2010
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"rebelled" by becoming an art restorer, and married a young widow with a child to boot.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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