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Synonyms for insurgent
Synonyms: Noun
insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist
Synonyms: Adjective
insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary
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Examples of insurgent in a Sentence
Noun
Insurgents are trying to gain control of the country's transportation system. the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginableAdjective
any insurgent soldiers will be dealt with harshly
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
And so there's been a very close relationship between insurgents and global jihadists. — CBS News, "Transcript: Michael Vickers talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters"," 28 Aug. 2019 Her candidacy is supported by Justice Democrats, a grassroots progressive group that made headlines for supporting New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezâs insurgent (and successful) campaign to unseat longtime incumbent Joe Crowley. — Caitlin Cruz, Teen Vogue, "Why This Texas Democrat Is Running for Congress Against Her Former Boss," 20 Aug. 2019 To see women as innocent wallflowers in need of protection could prove a deadly mistake when women were serving as smugglers, scouts, decoys, insurgents, and combatants; ignore them at your peril. — Brenda Wineapple, The New Republic, "Who wrote women out of Civil War history?," 16 Aug. 2019 No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but both Taliban and Islamic State insurgents are active in the capital and have carried out attacks in the past. — NBC News, "Death toll in attack at Afghan political office rises to 20," 29 July 2019 No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but both Taliban insurgents and the Islamic State group are active in the capital and have carried out attacks there in the past. — Fox News, "Death toll in attack at Afghan political office rises to 20," 29 July 2019 But the underlying rift between the progressive insurgents and the establishment of the Democratic Party remains, on issues from border aid to impeachment to college debt. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "The Pelosi-Versus-Squad Paradigm," 18 July 2019 The moment may be difficult to recreate in full, but the accompanying spiritâexotic, insurgent, and sumptuousâis one primed for Paris Couture's over-the-top revelry. — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, "Givenchy Couture Puts an Aerodynamic Twist on Punk Hair in Paris," 3 July 2019 The report apparently refers to civilians killed during Afghan and U.S. military operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes and night raids on militant hideouts. — Rahim Faiez, chicagotribune.com, "Afghan forces and U.S. coalition allies have killed more civilians in 2019 than the Taliban, U.N. says," 2 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
But as Zalmay Khalilzad flew into Kabul to brief the Afghan government on a peace deal, the insurgent group launched an attack on a second Afghan city in as many days. — NBC News, "U.S. envoy says peace deal is near as Taliban attack another Afghan city," 1 Sep. 2019 India accuses Pakistan of training and arming insurgent groups that have been fighting since 1989 for Kashmirâs independence from India or its merger with Pakistan, a charge Islamabad denies. — Washington Post, "Villagers tired of living dangerously along Kashmir frontier," 1 Sep. 2019 By 2005, the Taliban and other insurgent organizations had a foothold across Afghanistan. — Donald C. Bolduc, Time, "I Served 10 Tours in Afghanistan. Itâs Time for Us to Leave," 30 Aug. 2019 In August a bunch of insurgent groups calling itself the Northern Alliance Brotherhood launched bold and bloody attacks on police posts and bridges in Shan state and even an elite military academy in Myanmarâs heartland near Mandalay. — The Economist, "A Chinese development scheme complicates Myanmarâs ethnic conflicts," 29 Aug. 2019 His government is openly frustrated at being sidelined from the US talks with the insurgent group, which regards the Afghan government as a US puppet. — Rahim Faiez, BostonGlobe.com, "Afghanistan mourns, vows to crush militants after attack," 19 Aug. 2019 His government is openly frustrated at being sidelined from the U.S. talks with the insurgent group, which regards the Afghan government as a U.S. puppet. — Rahim Faiez, Anchorage Daily News, "Afghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after suicide bomber kills scores at wedding," 19 Aug. 2019 All four New York House members are facing primary challenges from multiple insurgent candidates. — Vivian Wang, New York Times, "House Democrats Prepare for Civil War as Challengers Plot Primary Battles," 19 July 2019 Trump is hoping to replicate the dynamics that allowed him to take charge of the Republican Party and then the presidency as an insurgent intent on disrupting the status quo. — Michael Schneider, The Denver Post, "Trump, in 2020 campaign mode, calls Democrats âradicalâ," 19 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'insurgent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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