Insurge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Insurge is a verb meaning (transitive) To rise up as an insurgent or in an insurgency.
Meaning
(transitive) To rise up as an insurgent or in an insurgency.
Example Sentences
Thus before July, 1855, Spain was again convulsed, and Catalonia insurged under Cabecilla Marsal, the Carlist chief.
Well then, the insurgents who insurged against the other insurgents of 4th September said very wisely, that they were just as good as the other side; and certainly they had equal right with them.
The Old Guard was on Taft's side, not other way around, as the insurgents complained. […] In opposing the President, there was no political downside for the Senate insurgents. […] Instead, the insurgents insurged.
They have been trying to do enough insurging to satisfy the insurgents in their district, but they will not do any more. They have done just enough to show their political interest in the question with which they are confronted[…]
Word Forms
- insurges
- insurging
- insurged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uprise, upsurge, outsurge, surge, upshoot, uptrend.
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