Synonyms for insurgency
ɪnˈsɜr dʒən siin·sur·gen·cy

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1. insurgency, insurgencenoun

   an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

   Synonyms:
   insurgence

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1. insurgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   revolt, rebellion, insubordination, mutiny

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1. List of paraphrases for "insurgency":

   rebellion, insurrection, rebel, uprising, mutiny, insurgent, revolt, insurgence, disobedience, sedition, rebellious, counter-insurgency, rebels

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1. Aisha Birma:

   This election is not about Buhari or Jonathan, it's about Nigeria, it's about freedom, it's about change, it's about unity, what we have gone through, the Boko Haram insurgency for the past six years in Borno. ... You, Jonathan, were responsible for our lives and property. When you don't protect our lives and property, you can't talk about infrastructure, education ... Security is paramount.

2. Mark Brophy:

   I really only found it odd that she would consider [Anonymous] an insurgency, i didn't know that she was particularly sympathetic or unsympathetic to them, only that she thought they were something of the wave of the future, which I thought was a bit peculiar.

3. Daniel Bekele:

   The number of rapes reported to us, often in harrowing detail, suggests that sexual violence is part of the government's counter-insurgency strategy, the scale of reported abuses points to the urgent need for an international investigation in both rebel- and government-controlled areas.

4. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani:

   From the west, the IS militants are sending advance guards to southern and western Afghanistan. To the south, Pakistan's counter-insurgency operations ... are pushing the Taliban from south Waziristan (in Pakistan) towards Afghanistan's border regions.

5. President Duterte:

   I will run as vice president, then I will continue the crusade. Number one is insurgency, then criminality, drugs, i may not have the power to give the direction or guidance but I can always express my views in public.