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单词 counterinsurgency
释义

counterinsurgency

noun

coun·​ter·​in·​sur·​gen·​cy ˌkau̇n-tər-in-ˈsər-jən(t)-sē How to pronounce counterinsurgency (audio)
: organized military activity designed to combat insurgency
counterinsurgent
ˌkau̇n-tər-in-ˈsər-jənt How to pronounce counterinsurgency (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

The military has launched a counterinsurgency.
Recent Examples on the Web In Southeast Asia, the British Empire launched counterinsurgency movements in the 1950s and 1960s across Vietnam, Myanmar, Burma and Malaya, a British colony of several states on the Malay peninsula that later made up part of what is now Malaysia. Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022 The personnel going performing stability operations will likely be undertrained with little to no urban or counterinsurgency training. Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 For example, a person with a Top Secret clearance working on counterinsurgency issues would not have Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information access. Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022 As my colleagues reported in 2019, many U.S. officials tasked with carrying out counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan privately knew the mission was failing, but in public spun a different message. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 In September 2019, the Virginia Fusion Center went so far as to issue a briefing describing how counterinsurgency strategies refined in Afghanistan could be applied to opponents of the Mountain Valley pipeline. Alleen Brown, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 Through the conflict, the Sri Lankan government ran national deficits to finance the counterinsurgency. Neil Devotta, The Conversation, 18 July 2022 As his team was getting settled in 2020, John Kerry positively referenced Plan Colombia—a U.S.-funded counterinsurgency effort that helped terrorize Colombians in the name of prosecuting a war on drugs—as a model for climate action. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 July 2022 But the agency’s expertise in training is in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, former intelligence officials say. New York Times, 25 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

counterinsurgency

noun

as in counterrevolution

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • counterrevolution

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • insurgency
  • revolution
  • insurrection
  • uprising
  • revolt
  • rebellion
  • outbreak
  • mutiny
  • coup
  • overthrow
  • insurgence
  • rising
  • treachery
  • sedition
  • coup d'état
  • treason
  • coup d'etat
  • misprision
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