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US
/ˈmjutəni/
]
[ UK /mjˈuːtɪni/ ]
[ UK /mjˈuːtɪni/ ]
VERB
- engage in a mutiny against an authority
NOUN
- open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
How To Use mutiny In A Sentence
- A young sea captain's future is transformed as he encounters mutiny, adventure and a beautiful fugitive in this romantic thriller set during an epic voyage to Shanghai.
- Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny; whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Othello, the Moore of Venice
- He attempted to envisage and explain the incredible feat of navigation undertaken by Captain Bligh after the Mutiny.
- War, the Indian Mutiny, and the war with China had kept England in a continual state of martial fever, and the agitation for electoral reform was beginning. William of Germany
- The soldiers refuse and mutiny, with many joining the protesters. The Sun
- Indian Independence of 1857 "-- in its way a very remarkable history of the Mutiny, combining considerable research with the grossest perversions of facts and great literary power with the most savage hatred -- were bound in false covers as" Pickwick Papers, "or other equally innocuous works. Indian Unrest
- The story of the rise and fall of the Indian Mutiny is the story of the life of Roberts -- in so far as the rise is concerned. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
- But, while his own rebels threaten a mutiny to dwarf the rebellion of last week, he will at least argue that he did attempt to bring the international community along with him.
- Sir, he is rash and very sudden in choler, and haply may strike at you: provoke him, that he may; for even out of that will I cause these of Cyprus to mutiny, whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio. Act II. Scene I. Othello, the Moor of Venice
- The crew tried to seize control of the ship, and were shot for mutiny.