as in rebels
a person who rises up against authority
the government subjected the insurgents to the most inhuman torture imaginable
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The group committed multiple attacks in August that killed more than 50 people, to which authorities responded by killing 21 insurgents in the province.
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Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
If a young man is suspected of being involved with terrorist insurgents, for example, all his family members are deported from the republic within a few hours of the state’s becoming aware of the individual.
—Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
The United States has opposed an embargo due to fears that South Sudan’s government would not be able to defend itself from insurgents.
—Aditi Gorur, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2016
Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
If a young man is suspected of being involved with terrorist insurgents, for example, all his family members are deported from the republic within a few hours of the state’s becoming aware of the individual.
—Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
The United States has opposed an embargo due to fears that South Sudan’s government would not be able to defend itself from insurgents.
—Aditi Gorur, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2016
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