0 a person who opposes or fights against people in authority, eg a government -- pemberontak
(also adjective) rebel troops.
The rebels killed many soldiers
1 a person who does not accept the rules of normal behaviour/behavior etc -- berontak
While popular discontent eroded the social base of the regime and sapped the morale of its troops, it nurtured the rebels.
In the midst of the chaos the rebels seized the main command and control centre.
The rebels were tried and sentenced with lightning speed.
Fighters, both rebels and renegade army units, fought in the context of the collapse of state services and the unwillingness of politicians to protect them.
The targeted area need not be one with diamonds, but any from which rebels can extract surplus.
A depressed and estranged peasantry expressed its bitterness by swelling the ranks of the rebels.
A state of siege was decreed in the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to the entire country.
The rebels enjoyed some significant early victories, but after a series of devastating defeats the movement lost its momentum.
