as in revolutionary
taking part in a rebellion
any insurgent soldiers will be dealt with harshly
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as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginable
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Recent Examples of insurgent
Miles Klee,
Wired News,
15 May 2026
The Republican is seeking a sixth term of six years this fall in what is expected to be one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races against insurgent 41-year-old oysterman and veteran Graham Platner, a Democrat.
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Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
In 2022, French forces departed Mali as insurgents made incursions into the capital, Bamako.
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Kaitlyn Rabe,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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Adjective
Spencer Pratt, once the villain of the 2000s MTV reality show The Hills and now an insurgent candidate in this year’s Los Angeles mayoral race, had a breakthrough moment in his first debate performance last Wednesday.
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Miles Klee,
Wired News,
15 May 2026
The Republican is seeking a sixth term of six years this fall in what is expected to be one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races against insurgent 41-year-old oysterman and veteran Graham Platner, a Democrat.
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Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
Noun
Reynoso, the current Brooklyn borough president, previously co-founded the New Kings Democrats, a group of insurgent candidates who challenged the Brooklyn Democratic establishment in the twenty-tens.
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Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
In 2022, French forces departed Mali as insurgents made incursions into the capital, Bamako.
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Kaitlyn Rabe,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgent
Adjective
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Morelia is named after José María Morelos, a revolutionary priest and key leader of the Mexican War of Independence.
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For me, rock and roll is a revolutionary act in and of itself.
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Well after the first Darfur war had faded from headlines, this duo continued to put down rebel groups throughout the country through brutal methods.
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Finding an off-ramp is increasingly becoming necessary for GOP leadership as House rebels threaten to shut down the floor in the absence of a path forward.
Adjective
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This could bring about sudden ideas, or trigger rebellious impulses and creative imagination.
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In 2000 at age 15, he was sent to live in Australia with a host family because his father thought Zhang was too rebellious to stay in China.
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And at the very center of Hell is Satan himself, the traitorous Archangel Lucifer, depicted as a monstrous creature with wings and three heads.
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Russell fabricates a lie with the rest of the villains, and the heroes believe it, despite a warning from one traitorous tribemate.
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The Iranian regime was, if not on the ropes, then in very serious trouble as recently as January, when, amid a terrible economic situation with an eviscerated middle class, a large proportion of the population—disgruntled, unhappy, insurrectionary, revolutionary—came out to protest on the streets.
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Mazzini therefore proposed to rely solely upon a national insurrectionary movement, aiming at unity in a free republic.
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After death, the garden becomes more treacherous.
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For 250 years, between 1565 and 1815, the famous galleon fleet left the port of Manila for the port of Acapulco and back, traveling for months over the treacherous ocean while carrying a lucrative flow of foods, silver, fabrics and culinary traditions.
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France at a World Cup tends to carry a certain kind of expectation, elegance under pressure, brilliance available on demand, and the constant possibility that everything will suddenly become either sublime or mutinous.
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Sandwiched in between was a draw with Chelsea, which felt like a defeat with the mood inside Anfield so mutinous.
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“Insurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgent. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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