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insurgency

Syllables: in·sur·gen·cy/ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/US/ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/

insurgency noun: rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent.

insurgency: a large group of people standing in front of a building
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Noun

insurgency (countable and uncountable, plural insurgencies)

  1. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
    • suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population

insurgency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

insurgency in Hindi

rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
विद्रोह vidroh

insurgency in Tamil

ஆட்சியை எதிர்த்து கிளர்ந்தெழுதல், எதிரெழுச்சி, கிளர்ச்சி, ஊடுருவல்

insurgency in Urdu

بغاوت, فساد, فتنہ, سرتابی

insurgency in Bengali

বিদ্রোহ, অভ্যুত্থান, বিদ্রোহী হওয়ার অবস্থা
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insurgency in Telugu
తిరుగుబాటు tirugubāṭu
insurgency in Arabic
تَمَرُّد tamarrud, عِصْيَان ʕiṣyān
insurgency in Thai
กบฏ gà-bòt
insurgency in Vietnamese
cuộc nổi dậy

Examples of insurgency in a sentence

  • The second insurgency has been led by the ideological Baathists, or Saddam Hussein's loyalists and jihadi Salafis.
  • So there was no post-invasion plan worth its name, to stop looting or a gathering insurgency.
  • We found this insurgency much more virile than we expected, so we called an audible.

All 10 example sentences with insurgency

Forms of insurgency

pluralinsurgencies

Plural of insurgency: insurgencies

Origin of insurgency

From insurgent + -cy.

Words formed from insurgency

Words that rhyme with insurgency

Questions about insurgency

What does insurgency mean?
Insurgency means rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent.
What is insurgency in Hindi?
Insurgency in Hindi is विद्रोह (vidroh). See Insurgency meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is insurgency?
Insurgency is a noun.
How do you pronounce insurgency?
Insurgency is pronounced /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/ (UK).
What is the plural of insurgency?
The plural of insurgency is insurgencies.

Words near insurgency in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: insurgency (page history and authors); insurgency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insurgency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insurgency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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