insurgent
a rebel
TRANSLATION
insurgent = Aufständischer, Rebell, Aufrührer --- GOOGLE INDEX insurgent: approximately 18,300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Islamist INSURGENTS in Iraq have seized the city of Tikrit, their second major gain after capturing Mosul on Tuesday, security officials say. Tikrit, the hometown of former leader Saddam Hussein, lies just 150km (95 miles) north of the capital Baghdad.
BBC News - 11 June 2014
BBC News - 11 June 2014
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insurgent
noun
- a rebel or revolutionary
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Since the 18th century, the word has been used to refer to someone who rises in revolt against a government or its laws. Let's look at a few types of insurgent.
armed insurgents – fighters who have weapons and who usually face an organized military.
anarchists – revolutionaries who want to overthrow a government
demonstrators – protesters who march in groups and carry signs, and who often have a specific set of demands
mutineers – rebels on a ship who protest against the captain
terrorist – revolutionaries who attack existing systems, whether political of cultural
According to one definition, an insurgency is a movement, or political cause with a specific aim, sometimes to take over the government.
Terrorism aims to kill people and to destroy property, usually with random acts of violence, with the aim of destabilizing the government and damaging or punishing the society.
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SYNONYMS
rebel, revolutionary, radical, rioter, fighter
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The West must find a way to stop insurgents destabilising democratically elected governments."
noun
- a rebel or revolutionary
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Since the 18th century, the word has been used to refer to someone who rises in revolt against a government or its laws. Let's look at a few types of insurgent.
armed insurgents – fighters who have weapons and who usually face an organized military.
anarchists – revolutionaries who want to overthrow a government
demonstrators – protesters who march in groups and carry signs, and who often have a specific set of demands
mutineers – rebels on a ship who protest against the captain
terrorist – revolutionaries who attack existing systems, whether political of cultural
According to one definition, an insurgency is a movement, or political cause with a specific aim, sometimes to take over the government.
Terrorism aims to kill people and to destroy property, usually with random acts of violence, with the aim of destabilizing the government and damaging or punishing the society.
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SYNONYMS
rebel, revolutionary, radical, rioter, fighter
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The West must find a way to stop insurgents destabilising democratically elected governments."
