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counterinsurgency
[ koun-ter-in-sur-juhn-see ]
noun
- a program or an act of combating guerrilla warfare and subversion.
adjective
- of, relating to, or designed for combating guerrilla warfare and subversion:
counterinsurgency funds.
counterinsurgency
/ ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ /
noun
- action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
counterinsurgency
- Military power applied in guerrilla warfare in support of the established government.
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Other Words From
- counter·in·surgent noun adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of counterinsurgency1
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Example Sentences
Allen worked closely with those tribal leaders during the counterinsurgency in Iraq in 2007 and 2008.
Salahaddin is an internal province of Iraq, and its force was tailored for counterinsurgency.
The searches enraged the local civilian population and derailed the counterinsurgency operations taking place at the time.
Washington termed our endless and thankless task counterinsurgency—and Anbaris made good insurgents, very good insurgents.
A strike on Syria is not a prelude to a decade-long counterinsurgency campaign with 100,000 U.S. forces on the ground.
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