Definition of "counterinsurgencies" []

• Plural form of counterinsurgency. (noun)

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• "Sitting at the same table where Greenspan and Geithner had held court with their erudite (but nauseating) remarks, Malkin went on to claim that the Tea Baggers and those who are currently disrupting town hall meetings represent grassroots "counterinsurgencies" against President Barack Obama's health care agenda."
• "I disagree with the way Mr. West characterizes the war at times, but "The Wrong War" is filled with both vivid descriptions of the Afghan fighting and sound advice concerning how counterinsurgencies should be waged."
• "But after eight years of dealing with counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the lessons learned there — getting into the communities to understand the people's needs — apply here to the job of distributing food and water and providing medical help."