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counterinsurgency
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
counterinsurgency
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A: Strengthening the courts and providing a solution for former soldiers, both from the Sandinista Army and the counterinsurgency.
▪ He took an interest in counterinsurgency.
▪ They see the United States as fighting a proxy counterinsurgency war disguised as a crusade against drugs.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
counterinsurgency
1962, from counter- + insurgency.
Wiktionary
counterinsurgency
n. Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.
WordNet
counterinsurgency
n. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn: pacification]
Usage examples of "counterinsurgency".
A 1984 critique of counterinsurgency doctrine by former Kennedy counterinsurgent Charles Maechling, Jr.
When Lawrence accessed his record he found the only active duty the captain had seen was counterinsurgency missions in East Africa.