counterinsurgency
noun
a program or an act of combating guerrilla warfare and subversion.
counterinsurgencies
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pluralof counterinsurgency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The focus for the past 20 years has been on Central Command and, exactly as you said, on counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
As the U.S. extricates itself from these counterinsurgencies and withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, it is somewhat similar to what happened after Vietnam.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
Weapons designed to kill from afar may not be best for counterinsurgencies, in which intelligence is most often gleaned only by personal contact.
From Time Magazine Archive
Successful counterinsurgencies are always ugly and morally challenging.
From Time Magazine Archive
