insurrectionary
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
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given to or causing insurrection.
noun
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insurrectionaries
plural
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Etymology
Origin of insurrectionary
First recorded in 1790–1800; insurrection + -ary
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"The defendant is deemed to have played a significant role in the insurrectionary acts of Yoon and others by ensuring, at least formally, compliance with the procedural requirement," Judge Lee said in a televised sentencing.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
He added that Tchiroma Bakary's "accomplices responsible for an insurrectionary plan" will also face legal action.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
He set the insurrectionary tone in the show’s opening sequence, taking a box cutter to a mock-up of Botticelli’s “Venus and Mars” and slicing out the portrait of Venus.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2017
It would sequester Warren and her valuable insurrectionary skills into the office of a deputy.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2016
The establishment of an insurrectionary republic at Rome drove him into exile in May 1434, and, although the city was restored to obedience in the following October, he remained at Florence and Bologna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
Indeed, pardons of that kind have been issued by the tens of thousands to former rebels, insurrectionaries, draft dodgers, or deserters after nearly every American domestic or foreign conflict.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2024
And since insurrectionaries don’t easily give up the power they have acquired, his opponents needed a plan to remove him.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2016
It was not aimed at the King, on the contrary the insurrectionaries professed the greatest loyalty.
From Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir by Lady Biddulph of Ledbury
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