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counterinsurgents

counterinsurgents is the plural of counterinsurgent.

Meaning of counterinsurgent

Noun

counterinsurgent (plural counterinsurgents)

  1. A person combating an insurgency.
    • Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population.2007 August 19, Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck, Omar Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray, Jeremy A. Murphy, “The War as We Saw It”, in New York Times

Questions about counterinsurgents

What is counterinsurgents the plural of?
Counterinsurgents is the plural of counterinsurgent.

Words near counterinsurgents in the dictionary

  1. counterinsult
  2. counterinsults
  3. counterinsurgencies
  4. counterinsurgency
  5. counterinsurgent
  6. counterinsurgents
  7. counterintel
  8. counterintellectual
  9. counterintellectuals
  10. counterintelligence
  11. counterintelligences

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