"rebel" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Local rebels overran a local school that was being used as a base for government troops in the town.
- The same day, armed rebels overran Bukavu, a major provincial city in eastern Congo.
- The few who remained did not survive the attack when the rebels overran the station.
- On 18 July, rebels overran a military post at Tessalit, taking 20 prisoners in addition to many supplies.
- In the last few months the rebels have overrun more than a dozen police stations, carrying away scores of automatic weapons.
- It seemed that rebels had overrun army lines north of Hama city within 48 hours.
- A few Negroes tried to surrender when the rebels overran them.
- The rebels did not overrun a major military post, and their ability to maintain such a campaign remains open to question.
- Syrian rebels overran two police stations in Aleppo city, killing at least 40 policemen.
- African and Western diplomats here said the rebels overran the town, Gbarnga, after more than a week of fighting.
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