as in revolutionary
taking part in a rebellion
any insurgent soldiers will be dealt with harshly
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as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginable
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Recent Examples of insurgent
David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2020
Of course an insurgent political group can’t go shouting in the streets, and your friends and neighbors had better stay quiet, too.
—Meredith Haggerty, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Time, 25 Apr. 2025
In the al-Anbar Province of Iraq during the war, the 8-month battle found American and British troops fighting with militia fighters from several different insurgent groups for control of the city.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Since insurgent interactions with al Qaeda are almost certain to be clandestine, at least at first, detecting violations of the deal will be a test of U.S. intelligence gathering.
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Armed insurgents in Kashmir have resisted New Delhi for decades, with many Muslim Kashmiris supporting the rebels’ goal of uniting the territory either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country.
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However, if done correctly, millions of individuals stand to potentially benefit from this revolutionary technology.—
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That was one of my first thoughts with the news that Ligue 1 is considering adopting revolutionary, North American-style playoffs to decide the champion of the French top division.—
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Despite all their years of playing cat-and-mouse, Diego Luna’s rebel spy Cassian Andor and Kyle Soller‘s Empire agent Syril Karn have never had much screen time together — until now.—
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Israel has repeatedly targeted the rebels in Yemen.—
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Still, Adams failed to outright ask the most important questions: Were Canadians ever willing to join the rebellious Thirteen Colonies?—
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Libra: Marge Simpson from The Simpsons Only a Libra mother could calmly and miraculously put up with the shenanigans that her three rebellious children cause.—
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Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
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Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.—
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The pine trees are towering and the fairways are twisting and the bunkers are deep and treacherous.—
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Maybe the seemingly long haul on I-95 made treacherous by traffic congestion creates the Miami-Dade County and Broward County division among its residents.—
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By the time Sandro Tonali walked into United’s box for a clear strike, only to hit the post, the atmosphere was mutinous.—
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Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi).—
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“Insurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgent. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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