Collocations for "Rebel"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "Rebel" in context.
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rebel
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- rebels of the [regime, government]
- is a rebel to the [regime]
- a group of [armed, political] rebels
- [quash, silence, imprison, attack] the rebels
- defeated (by) the rebels
- the rebels were defeated
- [an uprising, a protest, a march] led by rebels
- the rebels were [holed up, waiting, planning]
- the rebels have [demanded, issued, promised, attacked, declared]
- the rebels attacked government [buildings, offices]
- [attacked, captured, destroyed, held] by rebels
- rebels waging [a war, an insurgency] against
- idiom: is a rebel [without, with] a cause
- a [fashion, technological, political, religious] rebel
- rebels in the [class, classroom, office, party]
- has always been the rebel of the family
- rebel against the [government, establishment, tyranny]
- rebel at [them, the injustice, the corruption]
- rebel for [justice, equality, freedom]
- rebel in [anger, fear, desperation]
- rebel [groups, factions, movements, forces]
- joined a rebel [group]
- is the rebel leader
'Rebel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):