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insurgency

UK/ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/US/ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,274 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: insurgencies

An insurgency is an armed rising against the government. Put down an insurgency.

It is smaller and longer than a war and rarely ends on a stated day. An insurgency is defeated by what people believe rather than by ground taken.

Edward Tomiak · Public domain

Definitions of insurgency

  1. 1nouninsurgencyAn armed rising against the government.C1

    “The insurgency lasted nineteen years.”

insurgency is a rising.

Where it comes from

From insurgent + -cy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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insurgency in the wild

  • The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militant religious extremist group, against the government of Uganda.

    Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

  • Following the Ugandan Civil War, militant Joseph Kony formed the Lord's Resistance Army and launched an insurgency against the newly installed President Yoweri Museveni.

    Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

  • An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.

    Insurgency

  • An insurgency can be fought via counter-insurgency warfare, as well as other political, economic and social actions of various kinds.

    Insurgency

  • On 27 April 2026, it was reported that the Government of India plans to eliminate insurgency in the region by 2029.

    Insurgency in Northeast India

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.