insurgency

noun

in-ˈsər-jən(t)-sē How to pronounce insurgency (audio)
Definition of insurgencynext
as in insurrection
open fighting against authority (as one's own government) there always seems to be insurgency of some type in that troubled country

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Recent Examples of insurgency Northern Nigeria, one of the world’s poorest regions, is already under pressure from a regional insurgency crisis. — Ope Adetayo, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 The Afghan Taliban and the Iraqi insurgency beat the United States through roadside bombs and sheer doggedness. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 The hills look like telluric insurgencies, preserved for millions of years in the pampa’s calm. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 General David Petraeus later made the case for surging forces into Iraq in a bid to take on a burgeoning insurgency. — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for insurgency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgency
  1. insurrection
  2. revolt
  3. uprising
  4. rebellion
  5. mutiny
Noun
  • As Port falls in with a group of conspirators preparing for the insurrection, the book takes on a hallucinatory, digressive quality, blurring the lines between life and death, reality and illusion.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Stephen Colbert’s award-winning Late Show was canceled in a move that many have labeled political appeasement, and the flagship evening newscast baselessly recast the January 6 insurrection as a partisan squabble.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of insurrection
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  • Google DeepMind is struggling to retain its technical edge, keep hold of top researchers, and contain an employee revolt over its defense work.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And, at least for now, despite the threat of revolt, internal pressure within FIFA appears to have abated.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of revolt
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  • Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib, who was convicted of overseeing a crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later the civil war.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib for leading the crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later the civil war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of uprising
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  • The mythmaking rebellion of Tekena, first of her name, for the sake of a coward’s love was as recognizable to her descendants as their need to cross borders, both ethnic and geographic, in search of a happiness that wasn’t promised.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The rebellion has been absorbed by the very system it was built to replace.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • At the start of the summer, Infantino seemed untouchable but there is a mood of mutiny in the air.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • For years, they have been stuck at sea with their leader, the great warrior king Odysseus (Matt Damon), trying to find a route home to Ithaca; hunger and desperation have spurred his fiery second-in-command, Eurylochus (Himesh Patel), toward mutiny.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of mutiny

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