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Insurgency   /ɪnsˈərdʒənsi/   Listen
Insurgency

noun
1.
An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.  Synonym: insurgence.






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... populism, the revival of the Democratic party through the leadership of Cleveland, industrial unrest, political schism, the Spanish-American War, business in politics, the career of Theodore Roosevelt, government control, insurgency, the rise of Woodrow Wilson, watchful waiting, neutrality and preparedness, the United States in the World War, and the League of Nations. Some attention is also given to the reconstruction and the ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various

... years after independence from France, did Niger hold its first free and open elections. A 1995 peace accord ended a five-year Tuareg insurgency in the north. Coups in 1996 and 1999 were followed by the creation of a National Reconciliation Council that effected a transition to civilian ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... session, Earl Grey moved in the house of lords for a renewal of the "suspension of the Habeas Corpus act," and in doing so he stated that although there was no reason to fear an insurrection, yet disaffection existed extensively, and especially in the districts which had been the scenes of insurgency in the previous year. His lordship never knew much of Ireland in any respect—her people, the philosophy of her turbulence, or the policy which ought to be pursued towards her; had he formed acquaintance with such subjects he would hardly have spoken of ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan



Words linked to "Insurgency" :   rebellion, revolt, insurrection, insurgent, uprising, rising



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