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counterinsurgencies

counterinsurgencies is the plural of counterinsurgency.

Meaning of counterinsurgency

Noun

counterinsurgency (countable and uncountable, plural counterinsurgencies)

  1. Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.
    • The United States will continue to pursue a military and civilian counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.

Questions about counterinsurgencies

What is counterinsurgencies the plural of?
Counterinsurgencies is the plural of counterinsurgency.

Words near counterinsurgencies in the dictionary

  1. counterinstitutionalization
  2. counterinstitutionalizations
  3. counterinstitutions
  4. counterinsult
  5. counterinsults
  6. counterinsurgencies
  7. counterinsurgency
  8. counterinsurgent
  9. counterinsurgents
  10. counterintel
  11. counterintellectual

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