counterinsurgency
[koun-ter-in-sur-juh n-see]
- a program or an act of combating guerrilla warfare and subversion.
- of, relating to, or designed for combating guerrilla warfare and subversion: counterinsurgency funds.
Origin of counterinsurgency
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Allen worked closely with those tribal leaders during the counterinsurgency in Iraq in 2007 and 2008.
Salahaddin is an internal province of Iraq, and its force was tailored for counterinsurgency.
The searches enraged the local civilian population and derailed the counterinsurgency operations taking place at the time.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of NightNathan Bradley Bethea
June 2, 2014
The revolving flux of idiosyncratic secondary characters, caught up in counterinsurgency jargon, is also at times distracting.
It is also an important look at what the post-American counterinsurgency looks like.
counterinsurgency
- action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
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Word Origin and History for counterinsurgency
n.
1962, from counter- + insurgency.
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counterinsurgency
Military power applied in guerrilla warfare in support of the established government.
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