insurgency
noun
the state or condition of being insurgent.
insurgencies
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pluralof insurgency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He warned of a "spillover" of fighting from separate insurgencies in the neighbouring Sahel.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Cepeda was central to Petro’s signature plan, Total Peace, designed to de-escalate conflict with the country’s hybrid groups that are part insurgencies, part drug gangs, each numbering thousands of fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
"Our economy is in a shambles, society is deeply divided, we are facing two insurgencies," Farooq says.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The West African country has long been afflicted by civil war, foreign military interventions, and Islamist insurgencies.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
Not quite perfect, for continually there arise little insurgencies, inadequacies and frictions to which in time it will succumb.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
