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insurgences

insurgences is the plural of insurgence.

Meaning of insurgence

Noun

insurgence (countable and uncountable, plural insurgences)

  1. An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection.
    • He felt the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats and wild insurgences—surely this was the stuff to write about! He wanted to glorify the leaders of forlorn hopes, the mad lovers, the giants that fought under stress and strain, amid terror and tragedy, making life crackle with the...1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XIV, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC, page 117

Questions about insurgences

What is insurgences the plural of?
Insurgences is the plural of insurgence.

Words near insurgences in the dictionary

  1. insurest
  2. insureth
  3. insurge
  4. insurged
  5. insurgence
  6. insurgences
  7. insurgencies
  8. insurgency
  9. insurgent
  10. insurgentism
  11. insurgently

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