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insurgence
insurgence
noun
Definition of INSURGENCE
open fighting against authority (as one's own government) <the insurgence eventually succeeded in undermining the corrupt dictatorship>
Synonyms insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, revolution, rising, uprising
Related Words coup, coup d'état (or coup d'etat), overthrow; misprision, sedition, treachery, treason; sabotage, subversion
Near Antonyms counterinsurgency, counterrevolution
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