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Insurgency

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

n. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.

n. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or condition of being insurgent; a state of insurrection.

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

n. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

Word Usage

"But U.S. officials are ratcheting up the rhetoric, going so far as using the term insurgency to describe how Mexican cartels are challenging the government."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

insurrection revolt rising uprising rebellion

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

counterinsurgency emergency nonemergency urgency

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sabotage dissension insurgent insurrection bombings subversion guerrilla uprising sedition anarchy