counterinsurgency
counterinsurgency · counterinsurgencies
Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during…Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.
US/kˌaʊntɚɪnsˈɝdʒənsi/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.
The United States will continue to pursue a military and civilian counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
Forms
plural: counterinsurgencies| Singular | counterinsurgency |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency:pacification
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcounterinsurgent
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable