insurgent

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He called the insurgent-infested border area "the most dangerous place in the world."

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  1. adjective Rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government.
  2. adjective Rebelling against the leadership of a political party.
  3. noun One who is insurgent.

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  • So they do nothing.The key moment for an insurgent, then, is the time of "pick anything."
  • For the insurgent, he can list as the last complete success, the Cuban Revolution. —  Analog October, 1966
  • To the west lies the provincial capital, Mosul: dangerous, insurgent-infested and, since April, governed by a hard-line Arab nationalist group that is seeking to affirm Nineveh's Arab identity. —  Assyrian International News Agency
  • The operation was part of an anti-insurgent drive recently launched to dislodge Taliban militants from their strongholds ahead of the August 20 presidential elections, the general said. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • The operation was part of an anti-insurgent drive recently launched to dislodge Taliban militants from their strongholds ahead of the 20 August presidential elections, the general said. —  iac world news feed
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin īnsurgēns, īnsurgent-, present participle of īnsurgere, to rise up : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + surgere, to rise; see surge.

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  1. from French insurgent = Spanish Portuguese Italian insurgente, from Latin insurgen(t-)s, present participle of insurgere, rise up or to, rise up against: see insurge.
 

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