to mutiny

Examples

• All

• The troops are mutinying, refusing to advance.

  Paths of Glory (1957)

• Whole units mutiny, refusing to attack.

• Did her crew mutiny and kill her?

  The Last Scout (2017)

• You have caused two armies to mutiny!

  The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

• Peter stole my treasure, and my men would mutiny... if I so much as tried to leave without it.

  Return to Never Land (2002)

• But that doesn't give you the right to mutiny!

  The Rock (1996)

• And at dawn, I had to turn back or the crew would have mutinied.

  Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)

• Local military bases had mutinied.

  Fiction book (1999)

• In 1936, the military garrison in Spanish Morocco mutinied against the Republican government.

  Forgotten Silver (1997)

• Two weeks after localization was adopted, army units mutinied, demanding higher pay and the removal of European officers.

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

D

to disobey

vsto mutiny

126 3.7

To refuse to follow rules or orders from someone in charge

is carried out by a group in armed service often involving open rebellion

R

to revolt

vsto mutiny

22 4.9

Rise up against a government or ruler

is focused on armed service groups refusing orders often using violence

Antonyms

S

to serve

∞ 1.7

To work for someone or act in an official role, often in the military

O

to obey

411 1.0

Do what someone in charge tells you or follow a rule

Compounds

I

Indian Mutiny

• Archaic

7.5

A major revolt against British rule in India in 1857 and 1858

S

Sepoy Mutiny

8.6

A large 1857–1858 uprising of Indian soldiers against British rule

How Rebellious

to revolt

22 4.9

to mutiny

7 8.4

to rebel

48 4.1

to defy

178 3.7

to disobey

126 3.7

to obey

411 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology