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Meanings of insurgency in English
An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
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Examples for "insurgence"
Examples for "insurgence"
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The police's notorious C10 counter-insurgence unity was responsible for surpressing the anti-apartheid movement.
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Have we just missed a terrible accident or a public insurgence?
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She cut them short, for Eustace's insurgence had interfered with her flow of ideas.
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Alterations in DNA repair pathways are one of the main drivers of cancer insurgence.
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With the only point of insurgence covered, Anderson and Shay were free to examine the bodies.
Usage of insurgency in English
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His book is a case study of a counter-insurgency war gone wrong.
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But inter-communal violence has surpassed the insurgency as the main security threat.
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The region saw heavy fighting during an ethnic Albanian insurgency in 2001.
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Matthew Hoh said he believes the war is simply fueling the insurgency.
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U.S. officials said he had organised a Sunni insurgency against American troops.
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A war to disarm a state became a fight against an insurgency.
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It also has an indigenous ethnic Baluch insurgency fighting the central government.
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It also has an indigenous ethnic Baloch insurgency fighting against central government.
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It also has an indigenous ethnic Baloch insurgency fighting the central government.
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U.S. officials said he had organized a Sunni insurgency against American troops.
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The cocaine trade is a key source of funding its communist insurgency.
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The population will push the insurgency out of the city, Carter said.
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Others argued that tackling the insurgency with violence only spurs it on.
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However, most commentators say that the Islamist insurgency has been severely weakened.
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Concern about the country's leadership worryingly coincides with a growing Taliban insurgency.
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The proposed deal aims to end decades of insurgency by Tuareg rebels.
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United States of America
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Ireland
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