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Counterinsurgency

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Political and military strategy or action intended to oppose and forcefully suppress insurgency.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Word Usage

"Considering that success in counterinsurgency requires addressing the concerns of a population for justice and prosperity — not just security — these are critical shortages."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

battle struggle conflict

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pacification

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

emergency insurgency nonemergency urgency

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

antiterrorism force-projection multiservice riverine guerilla 50-state anti-drug counterespionage counter-insurgency low-intensity