Definition of "insurgency" []

• The quality or circumstance of being rebellious. (noun)
• An instance of rebellion; an insurgence. (noun)

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• "But U.S. officials are ratcheting up the rhetoric, going so far as using the term insurgency to describe how Mexican cartels are challenging the government."
• "Since President Obama took office 21 months ago, US policy in Afghanistan has reflected a mistaken premise that the insurgency is a monolithic organization capable of being defeated by a mixture of massive security and development efforts that would drive a wedge between the Afghan population and the insurgents."
• "The big deal with the insurgency is they have to keep doing things that can get them killed."