English Explanatory Dictionary

counterinsurgency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.

Word forms

counterinsurgency counterinsurgencies

Etymology

From counter- + insurgency.

Synonyms

COIN antiinsurgency pacification
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