insurgent English

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insurgent Noun

— An insurgent is a person who fights against a government or any authority.

insurgent

— noun a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

— adjective in opposition to a civil authority or government

— noun (= irregular) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

Synonyms insurgent synonyms

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insurgent English » English

rebel

mutineer

rebellious

insurrectionist

rioter

seditious

guerilla

guerrilla

subversive

revolutionary

mutinous

irregular

freedom fighter

treason

traitor

revolt

renegade

rebellion

partisan

mutiny

insurrectionary

insurrection

betrayer

wicked

wanton

uprising

thief

subverter

seditiously

seditionously

seditionous

seditionary

riotously

riotous

revolutionist

revolting

revolter

revolted

mutinously

mobster

insurrectional

insubordinate

insolent

inflammatory

infiltrator

iconoclastic

iconoclast

factious

double-crosser

burglar

Topics insurgent topics

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Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Rebel against authority

• What words refer to a person who rebels?
  rebel activist agitator anarchist belligerent conspirator extremist guerrilla insurgent liberationist militant mutineer rabble-rouser radical rebel revolutionary revolutionist terrorist

Examples insurgent examples

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Movie subtitles

He'll take you to insurgent headquarters.

The film studios Mosfilm and ICAIC thank the insurgent army, the people's militia, the Cuban Ministry of Interior Affairs and Academy of Sciences, and also those who gave help in the creation of this film.

This is the Insurgent Radio broadcasting from the Oriente province, from Sierra Maestra, free territory of Cuba.

So insurgent losses are heavy.

You know for me such a hero is as ancient as an insurgent of 1863.

Number 2133 of the Anti-Insurgent Espionage Group.

A murderous insurgent under your own roof.

Currently working for the insurgent force in Zaire.

Kip Killagin, covert insurgent.

Hold your fire. You're transporting a suspected photonic insurgent through Lokirrim space.

Photonic insurgent?

Your people were caught transporting a photonic insurgent and biogenic material.

That's unlikely. We know Stilgar has initiated dialogue. with the insurgent naibs to the south, but only as emissary.

We tracked Canton to an insurgent camp.

My dad, the last insurgent from the insurrection of 1863.

Their agents are Carlos Martillo, the local insurgent, and the legendary international revolutionary Juan Acero.

And much to the horror of the crowd and this reporter sheriff and insurgent mayoral candidate Bud Phillips has ruthlessly ordered his men to open fire on his very own son.

You're transporting a suspected photonic insurgent through Lokirrim space.

We know Stilgar's initiated dialogue with the insurgent Naibs to the south, but only as emissary. Continue your surveillance of Sietch Tabr.

It looks like the platoon commander, Lt. Cooper, led his troops. into an area known to be a hotbed of insurgent activity without any support.

Colonel Tigh has formed an insurgent group against the Cylons, and now they're ready and waiting for instructions on how to coordinate the rescue effort.

We're here for the insurgent.

We know Stilgar has initiated dialogue. with the insurgent naibs to the south, but only as emissary.

An insurgent in Iraq from Orange County, California?

I need to get a picture of me with the insurgent.

Victory is imminent and the good people of Iraq are already planning parades, fireworks and pageants celebrating their liberation from sectarian insurgent forces.

Naval intelligence identified the structure as an insurgent safe house.

Well, if he wasn't an insurgent, he sure the hell is now.

Hakim is not just some insurgent.

You're talking to an insurgent leader called Zahir Sharq.

News and current affairs

Accelerating this shift is the replacement of interstate war by armed conflict involving non-state actors such as insurgent groups, terrorist networks, militias, and criminal organizations.

Insurgent attacks have killed 11 Chinese workers since 2004.

Insurgent movements that succeed do so because the government's will collapses.

Afghanistan has been at war since 1979, when Soviet forces launched a disastrous eight-year military campaign against multinational insurgent groups.

Egypt's military regime, led by General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has been unrelentingly hostile toward Hamas, blaming it for the fighting in Sinai between the army and insurgent groups.

Nowhere in the world is the transformation of an armed insurgent group into a peaceful political movement quick or easy.

Consider, for example, how Indonesia's Suharto regime, from 1966 to 1998, depicted alleged Communist insurgent savagery, and compelled citizens to watch it on television and in theaters.

Assad's fall would deny the organization its vital logistic hinterland in Syria, making it vulnerable to challenges by insurgent Sunni militias.

Conspicuously, Latin America's last Marxist insurgent group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), declared a unilateral cease-fire just hours after the announcement that the US and Cuba would restore diplomatic ties.