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
Shafaq Patel, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power.
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Islamist insurgents have since May attacked Malian and foreign-owned businesses, including cement factories, sugar factories, and mines.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Burrows' win marks a defeat for the insurgent right wing of the GOP that eschewed working with Democrats.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power.
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
The best challenger brands think like cultural insurgents.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Islamist insurgents have since May attacked Malian and foreign-owned businesses, including cement factories, sugar factories, and mines.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgent
Adjective
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In the action-thriller, Taylor, 34, stars as a member of a revolutionary group, the French 75, who is in a relationship with Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio, 50).—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Researchers in Mexico have developed a revolutionary zinc-air battery (ZAB) that keeps running even after being punctured, exposed to flames, or even completely submerged in water.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The apparent killing – captured on video shared online by the rebels themselves – took place at a university medical school in El Fasher in Sudan’s western Darfur region after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over the city on Sunday.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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As regular troops in French service, the British treated them as prisoners of war instead of Jacobite rebels, and eventually repatriated them to France.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As for the Banks sisters, Ashley (Akira Akbar) works through a rebellious phase during her freshman year as Hilary (Coco Jones) goes on a journey of self-exploration.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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To be clear, there is no sense that Rondón and Ugás are defending the old guard or suggesting that a docile, starving population pinioned under the grip of a dictatorship is big-picture preferable to a rebellious insurgency.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Clarisse looks intimidating climbing out of a boat, as does Bushnell’s traitorous Luke, who wields a sharp-looking knife.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
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There's a delicious whodunit aspect to it, too, as the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes the operative's own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Many Americans have been fired or had their free-speech rights violated because of their statements about the war—and this has created a tremendous insurrectionary energy on both the far right and the left.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An experienced hiker from San Diego attempting to climb the tallest peak in the contiguous United States has fallen to his death amid treacherous winter conditions, leaving his two young sons and family in shock and grief.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Subtitled Into the Grand Line, the next arc will see the Straw Hats enter the treacherous expanse of water called the Grand Line and visit various locations in and around this territory.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But then a twist of fate in the form of a mutinous slave ship off the coast of the United States offered an opportunity to take the battle over slavery to the courts.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Even more provocative was Slocum’s conviction that a domestic life could be built upon the planks of a ship, amid seasick squalor, a mutinous crew, and crazy-making monotony and isolation.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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“Insurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgent. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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