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UK
/ɪnsˈɜːdʒənt/
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[ US /ˌɪnˈsɝdʒənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsɝdʒənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- in opposition to a civil authority or government
NOUN
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
How To Use insurgent In A Sentence
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- Worse, the insurgents appear to be operating closer to Kabul.
- Wanat was a horrific insurgent attack on a U.S. combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan last summer that left nine soldiers dead and 27 wounded. Way Up In The Sky Is The Leader Of The Greatest Band Of All Time | ATTACKERMAN
- Then they would disband the defeated regime's army, turning hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers into disgruntled potential insurgents.
- There's actually what I call a sucking sound of people coming into the country and the insurgents who have political and religious motivations. CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2004
- Even if it wasn't clear enough back when he assembled his "team of rivals" and welcomed Wall Street into his administration, it has been absolutely clear at least since he capitulated to "counterinsurgent" generals and their civilian enablers, and to health care profiteers, that, whatever he may think and feel "inside," Obama is not one of the "good guys. Andrew Levine: Obama Winter and How to Combat It
- We could end up squeezing the insurgents out and we'll just have to see where they blob up again. Times, Sunday Times
- Afghan and western officials say the policy has damaged attempts to reach out to insurgents. Times, Sunday Times
- American offices in Afghanistan admitted to me that they used the word insurgent in all their reports to describe any kind of hostile shooting. CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2009
- The insurgents refer contemptuously to the ISI as "blacklegs," for their supposedly darker skin. With Friends Like These…