counterinsurgencynoun [ U or C ]
uk/ˌkaʊn.tər.ɪnˈsɜː.dʒən.si/us/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ.ɪnˈsɝː.dʒən.si/military action taken by a government to prevent attacks by small groups of soldiers or fighters that are opposed to it
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- gunfight
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
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