C1nounformalpoliticsconflict
US/ɪnˈsɜːr.dʒən.si/
UK/ɪnˈsɜː.dʒən.si/
an organized armed uprising against a government or ruling power, often using guerrilla methods
In context
The army has fought a long insurgency in the mountains.
Poverty and corruption helped the insurgency to grow.
Troops were sent to crush the insurgency before it reached the capital.
Words that go with insurgency
adjective + noun
- armed insurgencyAn armed insurgency has spread across the north.
- growing insurgencyA growing insurgency worried the neighboring states.
verb + noun
- fight an insurgencyThe government has been fighting an insurgency for ten years.
- defeat an insurgencyIt is hard to defeat an insurgency without local support.
- crush the insurgencyTroops failed to crush the insurgency.
noun + preposition
- insurgency inThe insurgency in the region began in 2004.