as in insurrection
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
there always seems to be insurgency of some type in that troubled country
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Recent Examples of insurgency
And that has created optimal conditions for terrorist group Boko Haram’s violent insurgency to succeed in recruiting young men who had limited livelihood options left.
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Melissa McCracken, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad late last year, after armed men descended on Alawite heartlands on Thursday in what Syrian authorities said was an attempt to put down an insurgency by rebels still loyal to the former government.
—Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Police say some of the gangs involved in the ongoing insurgency have also managed to acquire a fresh batch of assault rifles since late February.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Amid growing insecurity and a rival insurgency waged by Al-Qaeda, Ansar Allah seized ousted Saleh's successor, then-President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, from Sanaa in early 2015.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Melissa McCracken, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad late last year, after armed men descended on Alawite heartlands on Thursday in what Syrian authorities said was an attempt to put down an insurgency by rebels still loyal to the former government.
—Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Police say some of the gangs involved in the ongoing insurgency have also managed to acquire a fresh batch of assault rifles since late February.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Amid growing insecurity and a rival insurgency waged by Al-Qaeda, Ansar Allah seized ousted Saleh's successor, then-President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, from Sanaa in early 2015.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgency
Noun
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Fitch cited the January 6th insurrection as a significant concern.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The exchange comes after the president issued a blanket pardon for nearly all of those charged for the insurrection just hours after returning to the White House.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
26 Mar. 2025
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That led to a developer revolt, a subreddit blackout, and the shutdown of some popular Reddit clients.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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The revolt against Tesla is not slowing down, and in some cases people are outright getting rid of their cars.—
Saahil Desai,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah was a leading activist in the country’s 2011 uprising.—
Mounira Elsamra,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The island was the site of an uprising in the late 1940s, one that was brutally suppressed by the anticommunist Korean government with the apparent support of occupying American forces; tens of thousands of people were killed.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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The hit show returns with its sixth and final season on April 8, and audiences should brace for an explosive finale as the rebellion in Gilead finally ignites.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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The title is borrowed from Elizabeth Alexander’s fourth collection persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies, and a sequence of ars poetica which examines the Black experience through the lens of the slave rebellion on the Amistad and nineteenth-century American art.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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It has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America's Old West and as a tool of terror and political repression in the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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An article on Sunday about a small mutiny at Chautauqua Institution misidentified the writer of a letter quoted from The Gadfly.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Insurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgency. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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