Insurgency
Insurgency noun - Open fighting against authority (as one's own government).
Usage example: there always seems to be insurgency of some type in that troubled country
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Synonyms for Insurgency
Rising is a synonym for insurgency in rebellion topic. In some cases you can use "Rising" instead a noun "Insurgency".
Nearby Word: insurgent
Rising
Rising noun - Open fighting against authority (as one's own government).
Usage example: a great rising of the people was all it took to bring down a regime that imagined that it would endure for a thousand years
Insurgency is a synonym for rising in rebellion topic. You can use "Insurgency" instead a noun "Rising".
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Related pairs
- strike and insurgency
- strike and rising
- overthrow and insurgency
- overthrow and rising
- coup and insurgency
- coup and rising
- revolution and insurgency
- revolution and rising
- resistance and insurgency
- resistance and rising
- mutiny and insurgency
- mutiny and rising
- outbreak and insurgency
- outbreak and rising
Both words in one sentence
- A demonic insurgency, led by Belial, is rising in Hell.
Source: Literature / The Salvation War
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