insurgency

[ UK /ɪnsˈɜːd‍ʒənsi/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsɝdʒənsi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
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How To Use insurgency In A Sentence

  • Counterinsurgency operations failed to end support for the separatists.
  • She contends that U.S. officials overreacted, rather than dealing pragmatically with adoption procedures in a country where poverty and a long-running insurgency fueled widespread child abandonment, impaired record-keeping, and hampered official investigative capabilities. Despite Hurdles, Families Pursue Nepal Adoptions
  • But these statistics represent neither success nor failure in this complex counterinsurgency. Times, Sunday Times
  • The insurgency is concealed in rugged terrain and grows stronger. Times, Sunday Times
  • We hear much about counterinsurgency, for instance, but almost nothing about insurgency. The Times Literary Supplement
  • To counter the insurgency, a multidiscipline intelligence collection effort must be used. FM 7-98 Chapter 7 - Combat Support
  • And yet, the reason why most wars today are asymmetrical is precisely due to the fact that America has held the world in a territorial stasis where conventional warfare does not bring as much benefit as insurgency does. The New URL for the War Nerd is… « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy
  • However, while creating proxies is essential in winning a counterinsurgency, it requires that the proxies are loyal to the center that we claim to support. The Progressives’ Static World
  • It became the stronghold of the armed insurgency. Times, Sunday Times
  • I anticipate the burning of our sea ports, havoc of our frontiers, household insurgency, with a long train of et ceteras, which is enough for a man to have met once in his life. Letters
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