as in revolutionary
taking part in a rebellion
any insurgent soldiers will be dealt with harshly
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as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginable
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Recent Examples of insurgent
Meredith Haggerty, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The meeting comes as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces clash with insurgent fighters who seized the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
In recent years, the PKK has been limited to isolated attacks inside Turkey as the Turkish military, backed by armed drones, has pushed PKK insurgents increasingly across the mountainous border into Iraq.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Of course an insurgent political group can’t go shouting in the streets, and your friends and neighbors had better stay quiet, too.
—Meredith Haggerty, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The meeting comes as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces clash with insurgent fighters who seized the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
Shawkat is a standout as an aspiring actress, enlisted to help at the role-playing facility, who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
In recent years, the PKK has been limited to isolated attacks inside Turkey as the Turkish military, backed by armed drones, has pushed PKK insurgents increasingly across the mountainous border into Iraq.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgent
Adjective
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The trouble for Trump is that Columbia, despite its history of student activism, does not really fit the right-wing image of a revolutionary institution bent on D.E.I. indoctrination.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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The same is true of Ramaswamy, who seems to not realize that whatever revolutionary new drugs and treatments his biotech startups might produce will not simply appear magically in the marketplace ready to take on some of society’s most intractable diseases.—
Jeffery Vacante,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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The coming-of-age film tells the story of Ren (Bacon), a teen rebel who moves to a small Southern town that has outlawed dancing for religious reasons.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Besides, the Caribbean strife was thwarting trade and endangering American lives and livelihoods in the region. McKinley, sympathetic toward the rebels but not wanting war with Spain, dispatched a prominent Illinois trial lawyer to Cuba to study the situation and report back.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But in 1862, Congress declared that any slave with a rebellious master who reached federal lines would be free.—
Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Mar. 2025
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Mickey, tasked with keeping her rebellious sister in line, never had the opportunity to be a kid.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But what will their first move as a traitorous duo be?—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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The blame for this terrifying scenario, McCarthy declared, rested with traitorous federal employees, who had sold their country out and had to be purged from its service.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Combined with a light glaze of ice that could fall before temperatures drop, travel in the area could be treacherous that day, the weather service said.—
Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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The legendary Stadium, Mountain, and Dunes courses now have bigger and faster greens as well as more treacherous hazards.—
Passport by ForbesLife,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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By the time Sandro Tonali walked into United’s box for a clear strike, only to hit the post, the atmosphere was mutinous.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi).—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 June 2024
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