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insurgent

[in-sur-juh

nt]

noun

a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.

a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.

adjective

of or characteristic of an insurgent or insurgents.

surging or rushing in: The insurgent waves battered the shore.

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Origin:
1755–65; < Latin insurgent- (stem of insurgēns) present participle of insurgere to get up, ascend, rebel. See in-², surge, -ent

Synonyms
3. rebellious, revolutionary, mutinous.

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Coalition forces can only press on with their efforts to hunt down insurgent commanders.

But such suspicions of insurgent links to antiquity smuggling have drawn mixed opinions in the past from experts.

The paper even estimates of how many insurgent attacks to expect after each civilian death.

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Coalition forces can only press on with their efforts to hunt down insurgent commanders.

But such suspicions of insurgent links to antiquity smuggling have drawn mixed opinions in the past from experts.

The paper even estimates of how many insurgent attacks to expect after each civilian death.

In the past six months the oil infrastructure has become a focus for insurgent attacks.

The upgrade in insurgent technology couldn't come at a worse time.

The junta's failure to co-opt or crush insurgent groups is a blot on its own copybook.

The military has tried using robots to defeat insurgent bombs for years, without much luck.

It was the single deadliest insurgent strike in more than four years of war.

Troops on patrol come under sustained, accurate insurgent fire and get pinned behind their truck.

With insurgent violence worsening on both sides of the border, the consequences could be grim.

They fail to see that the center of gravity is the individual insurgent and the location of his attack.

It was the beginning of the end for his insurgent campaign.

The military's tried nearly everything to stop insurgent bombs.

Even if talks began with some insurgent factions, the violence would not subside fast.

It's an axiom of successful unconventional war that insurgent fighters require safe havens.

There may be divisions within the movement or between its leadership and affiliated insurgent groups.

American radio-frequency jammers have done a pretty good job at keeping insurgent from remotely-triggering roadside bombs.

Recent insurgent attacks are likely to make banks even more reticent.

US troops operating overseas face insurgent threats and affiliations that are constantly changing.

Protracted conflict, not insurgent victory, is the threat.

Reports on insurgent attacks, car bombs and their aftermath.

Insurgent attacks follow a universal pattern of timing and casualties.

His unit is about to head out when he receives a cable detailing an insurgent ambush.

Insurgent forces regularly kidnap, torture, and kill suspected spies and opponents.

There are also heightened fears about the country's security against insurgent attacks.

Cambara's cunning misdirections to a young insurgent result not only in his death but in that of an innocent old man.

The internet is awash with communiqués from insurgent groups extolling their own success or denouncing rivals.

The priority is peeling off insurgent foot soldiers with job offers or reconstruction projects.

Arguments that successful insurgent breaches of the wall support this argument are, with all due respect, laughable.

Yes, some units once engaged in armed coercion have de-emphasized taking direct action against insurgent bombers.

The tactics of today's insurgent bombmakers are the product of a long-simmering melting pot of global terrorism.

So someone tagged as an insurgent in one part of town, then let go, might not raise alarms if he's picked up again in another.

Witness the text messages of freedom literally flutter free from insurgent cell phones.

Yusufiya that the insurgent leadership sometimes used as safe houses.

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World English Dictionary

insurgent (ɪnˈsɜːdʒənt)

—*adj*
1.	rebellious or in revolt, as against a government in power or the civil authorities

—n
2.	a person who takes part in an uprising or rebellion; insurrectionist
3.	international law a person or group that rises in revolt against an established government or authority but whose conduct does not amount to belligerency

[C18: from Latin insurgēns rising upon or against, from insurgere to rise up, from surgere to rise]

in'surgency

—n

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Word Origin & History

insurgent

"one who rises in revolt," 1765, from L. insurgentem (nom. insurgens), prp. of insurgere "rise up, rise against, revolt," from in- "against" + surgere "to rise" (see surge). An obsolete verb insurge "to rise in opposition or insurrection" is attested from 1535.

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