C1verb
s’insurger
to rise up, to protest indignantly
« De nombreux chercheurs se sont insurgés contre ces coupes budgétaires. »
“Many researchers rose up against these budget cuts.”
In other languages
- Spanish sublevarse, indignarse
- Portuguese insurgir-se, revoltar-se
- German sich auflehnen, aufbegehren
- Italian insorgere, ribellarsi
- Arabic يثور، ينتفض
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