Insurgency
noun
A violent attempt by a group to change a government or system.
The government has taken steps to suppress the insurgency.
Often appears as...
- suppress the insurgency
- insurgency movement
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Formal
noun
A period of irregular warfare by a small group within a country.
The city has been shaken by a sudden insurgency.
Often appears as...
- armed insurgency
- insurgency warfare
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Formal
Academic
noun
A situation where people fight against their own government.
The foreign troops are here to assist in resolving the insurgency.
Often appears as...
- resolve the insurgency
- military insurgency
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Formal
Technical
noun
A violent attempt by a group to change a government or system.
The government has taken steps to suppress the insurgency.
Often appears as...
- suppress the insurgency
- insurgency movement
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A period of irregular warfare by a small group within a country.
The city has been shaken by a sudden insurgency.
Often appears as...
- armed insurgency
- insurgency warfare
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A situation where people fight against their own government.
The foreign troops are here to assist in resolving the insurgency.
Often appears as...
- resolve the insurgency
- military insurgency
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Violent Actions
Insurgency involves forceful actions, not just peaceful protests or disagreements.
The armed insurgency sought to overthrow the current regime.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Effort
Insurgency is usually organized by a group, not an individual's effort.
The insurgency gained traction as more people joined the rebel group.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Aim
Insurgency's goal is change, typically political or social system overhauls.
Students discussed the insurgency's agenda to reform the government's policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Violent Actions
Insurgency involves forceful actions, not just peaceful protests or disagreements.
The armed insurgency sought to overthrow the current regime.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Effort
Insurgency is usually organized by a group, not an individual's effort.
The insurgency gained traction as more people joined the rebel group.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Aim
Insurgency's goal is change, typically political or social system overhauls.
Students discussed the insurgency's agenda to reform the government's policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Violent Actions
Insurgency involves forceful actions, not just peaceful protests or disagreements.
The armed insurgency sought to overthrow the current regime.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Effort
Insurgency is usually organized by a group, not an individual's effort.
The insurgency gained traction as more people joined the rebel group.
Pro Tip 3/3Change Aim
Insurgency's goal is change, typically political or social system overhauls.
Students discussed the insurgency's agenda to reform the government's policies.
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Thomas Barnett:...
no insurgency. Talk to anybody who was over there in the first six months. We had six months to feel the lob, to get the job done, and we dicked around for six months. And then they turned on us. Why? Because they just got fed up. They saw what we did to Saddam. They said, "You're that powerful, you can resurrect this country.
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Going Undercover to Save...
with a lot of conflict there's been a lot of insurgency in the last few decades in this part of the world funding is required to carry out insurgent activity you do need funding if you are you know buying ammunition if you're buying guns so maybe insurgents needed the banter raise to fund their activities
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Parag Khanna maps the...
Let's not neglect the insurgency just to the south, Balochistan. Two weeks ago, Balochi rebels attacked a Pakistani military garrison, and this was the flag that they raised over it. The post-colonial entropy that is happening around the world is accelerating,
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Portraits of Afghanistan...
armed insurgency keanu wanted to know how they saw their future i kept challenging them how do you see yourself where are you going to be in 10 years and then eventually mohammad rasaf shrugged and said i don't know i'll probably be dead
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Encouraging troops to be...
insurgency we provided solar lighting for the school in village health clinic and winter coats and medicines to help the kids get through the winter when mortality rates usually jump this helped our soldiers build influence and reduced
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A Navy Admiral's...
the world's papa are one comes out of Afghanistan we also see there of course terrorism this is where al-qaeda's staged from we also see a very strong insurgency embedded there so this terrorism concern is also part
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Rory Stewart: Time to...
Today, he could never do that. So the idea that we deployed the troops to respond to the Taliban insurgency is mistaken. Rather than preceding the insurgency, the Taliban followed the troop deployment,
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A radical experiment in...
eight years of occupation the insurgency that's been unleashed on your people the tens about the hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths oh because of oil you can't help but think that you talk about
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The dark history of the...
heartbroken, Lili’uokalani said, “by the base ingratitude of the very persons whose fortunes he had made.” Prepared to fight, she assumed the throne. Despite death threats and rumors of insurgency,
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Sam Richards: A radical...
the insurgency that's been unleashed on your people, the tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths? All because of oil. You can't help but think that.
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Thomas Barnett:...
no insurgency. Talk to anybody who was over there in the first six months. We had six months to feel the lob, to get the job done, and we dicked around for six months. And then they turned on us. Why? Because they just got fed up. They saw what we did to Saddam. They said, "You're that powerful, you can resurrect this country.
Video examples
Going Undercover to Save...
with a lot of conflict there's been a lot of insurgency in the last few decades in this part of the world funding is required to carry out insurgent activity you do need funding if you are you know buying ammunition if you're buying guns so maybe insurgents needed the banter raise to fund their activities
Video examples
Parag Khanna maps the...
Let's not neglect the insurgency just to the south, Balochistan. Two weeks ago, Balochi rebels attacked a Pakistani military garrison, and this was the flag that they raised over it. The post-colonial entropy that is happening around the world is accelerating,
Video examples
Portraits of Afghanistan...
armed insurgency keanu wanted to know how they saw their future i kept challenging them how do you see yourself where are you going to be in 10 years and then eventually mohammad rasaf shrugged and said i don't know i'll probably be dead
Video examples
Encouraging troops to be...
insurgency we provided solar lighting for the school in village health clinic and winter coats and medicines to help the kids get through the winter when mortality rates usually jump this helped our soldiers build influence and reduced
Video examples
A Navy Admiral's...
the world's papa are one comes out of Afghanistan we also see there of course terrorism this is where al-qaeda's staged from we also see a very strong insurgency embedded there so this terrorism concern is also part
Video examples
Rory Stewart: Time to...
Today, he could never do that. So the idea that we deployed the troops to respond to the Taliban insurgency is mistaken. Rather than preceding the insurgency, the Taliban followed the troop deployment,
Video examples
A radical experiment in...
eight years of occupation the insurgency that's been unleashed on your people the tens about the hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths oh because of oil you can't help but think that you talk about
Video examples
The dark history of the...
heartbroken, Lili’uokalani said, “by the base ingratitude of the very persons whose fortunes he had made.” Prepared to fight, she assumed the throne. Despite death threats and rumors of insurgency,
Video examples
Sam Richards: A radical...
the insurgency that's been unleashed on your people, the tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths? All because of oil. You can't help but think that.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michael Mullen
American Admiral
I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity.
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James G. Stavridis
American Educator
You can't kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military balance right, train the locals, and practice effective strategic communications.
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John Conyers
American Politician
If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.
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Jack Keane
American General
Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to them.
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Ro Khanna
American Politician
Our troops shouldn't be mired in taking land for the Afghan military, providing force protection and fighting a permanent insurgency.
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Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
Bolivian Politician
We don't know if our economy, our society, could support the social and the human and the economic cost of an insurgency.
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Michael T. Flynn
American General
The Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Iraq are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.
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Michael Scheuer
American Public Servant
We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.
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Laura Ingraham
American Celebrity
All the way back to Dartmouth, I was part of the insurgency.
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Hamid Karzai
Statesman
I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.
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Michael Mullen
American Admiral
I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity.
Quote examples
James G. Stavridis
American Educator
You can't kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military balance right, train the locals, and practice effective strategic communications.
Quote examples
John Conyers
American Politician
If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.
Quote examples
Jack Keane
American General
Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to them.
Quote examples
Ro Khanna
American Politician
Our troops shouldn't be mired in taking land for the Afghan military, providing force protection and fighting a permanent insurgency.
Quote examples
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
Bolivian Politician
We don't know if our economy, our society, could support the social and the human and the economic cost of an insurgency.
Quote examples
Michael T. Flynn
American General
The Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Iraq are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.
Quote examples
Michael Scheuer
American Public Servant
We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.
Quote examples
Laura Ingraham
American Celebrity
All the way back to Dartmouth, I was part of the insurgency.
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Hamid Karzai
Statesman
I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.
Example 1 of 10
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