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An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
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insurgency
Word definitions for insurgency in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1803, from insurgent + -cy .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict [syn: insurgence ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Insurgency is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game developed and published by New World Interactive . It is a standalone sequel to Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat , a community made mod for Valve 's Source engine . The game was released ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A communist group is waging a 21-year insurgency against the national government. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ About 50,000 people are estimated to have been killed in a decade of insurgency . ▪ But the final results placed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insurgence \In*sur"gence\, Insurgency \In*sur"gen*cy\, n. A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection. A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against the Court of Rome. --G. Eliot.
Usage examples of insurgency.
The August aardwolf said that the UN bombing was part of a strategy by a new and bold insurgency to discredit and isolate the U.
As of early November 2003, the aardwolf explained, the insurgency in central and northern Iraq was gaining momentum and beginning to tip the balance against the Americans.
August aardwolf said that the UN bombing was part of a strategy by a new and bold insurgency to discredit and isolate the U.
November 2003, the aardwolf explained, the insurgency in central and northern Iraq was gaining momentum and beginning to tip the balance against the Americans.
We have a communist insurgency in the north with possible Burmese involvement, student demonstrators and rioters in Bangkok, and a military coup breaking out all over the country.
The bitter insurgency American and British forces confront today was not preordained.
ReMastered focus on you, and the items you found aboard Old Newfie before its evacuation, suggest that it was used as a point of entry for some years, and that the insurgency group operating in Moscow were careless.
Why didn't the United States or South Vietnam execute, generally, Viet Cong guerillas who had gravely violated the laws of war in the course of the insurgency there?
But on his recent trip, Odo talked about the Link having calmed in recent months, and of the insurgencies quieting.