Insurgent

/ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/ · adjective

Meaning

Rebellious, opposing authority..

Definitions by Sense

1. Rebellious, opposing authority.
2. Of water: surging or rushing in.
3. One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

Example Sentences

The insurgent provinces.

Afghan National Police, backed by U.S.-led coalition forces, detained an insurgent leader during a raid in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, a U.S. military statement said.

Immediately following the shooting, there were multiple, coordinated information releases blaming the shooting on “Antifa,” the newest alt-right boogeyman, in what appears to be a social media blitz intended to center the conversation on the left wing. This is part of an ongoing propaganda campaign by the insurgent right wing extremists to paint radical pro-labor activists as ultraviolent “terrorists.”

Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves.

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