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  1. insurgentsnoun

    People rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government.

  2. insurgentsadjective

    Plural of insurgent.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. insurgents

    Soldiers or people generally in a state of insurrection. The term, however, admits of one exception. Hungarian insurgents (Insurgenten die Ungarischen) mean the Hungarian militia, called out or summoned by general proclamation, as under the old feudal system.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of insurgents in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of insurgents in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of insurgents in a Sentence

  1. Michael Kugelman:

    We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results.

  2. Zira Yohanna:

    The military were on ground when Boko Haram came and took over our town. The same military has recaptured our land now, but we aren't sure that the insurgents won't come back.

  3. Joseph Anderson:

    This country is safer and more prosperous than ever, the insurgents have been beaten back and the Afghan National Security Forces are carrying the fight to the enemy.

  4. Oriana Skylar Mastro:

    General Austin experience in fighting insurgents and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan is largely irrelevant to deterring and, if necessary, defeating a near-peer competitor.

  5. Masood Chardara:

    We have waited for a long time for the government to push back the insurgents, but it didn't happen, the government came forward and asked us to help them to root them (the Taliban) out. We had some old weapons, and the government gave us some new ones.

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