counterinsurgency
noun
coun·ter·in·sur·gen·cy
ˌkau̇n-tər-in-ˈsər-jən(t)-sē 
: organized military activity designed to combat insurgency
Examples of counterinsurgency in a Sentence
The military has launched a counterinsurgency.
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After that, Commander Reyes can dispatch to Fort Bragg to train our Green Berets on counterinsurgency warfare.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Trump’s first term thus saw sustained, sometimes humiliating pressure on allies to raise defense spending, along with efforts to pivot the Pentagon away from counterterrorism and counterinsurgency and toward great-power threats.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Baumgartner brings to the role a wealth of legislative and life experience, especially regarding foreign policy and counterinsurgency operations.
—Brad Pearce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
In 1948, for example, the Truman administration threatened to withdraw Marshall Plan aid from the Netherlands unless the Dutch abandoned their bloody counterinsurgency war against the Indonesian nationalist movement.
—Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Trump’s first term thus saw sustained, sometimes humiliating pressure on allies to raise defense spending, along with efforts to pivot the Pentagon away from counterterrorism and counterinsurgency and toward great-power threats.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Baumgartner brings to the role a wealth of legislative and life experience, especially regarding foreign policy and counterinsurgency operations.
—Brad Pearce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
In 1948, for example, the Truman administration threatened to withdraw Marshall Plan aid from the Netherlands unless the Dutch abandoned their bloody counterinsurgency war against the Indonesian nationalist movement.
—Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Counterinsurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterinsurgency. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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