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insurgency

/ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/

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What does insurgency mean?

noun

  1. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

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/ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/

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An outbreak of insurgency, also in October, has dampened any prospects for economic improvement.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
Increased foreign investment and even greater domestic activity have been hampered, however, by a troublesome rural insurgency, a decrepit energy and transportation infrastructure, and drug-related violence.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1994 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #180