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coun·ter·in·sur·gen·cy
 counterinsurgency
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- pronunciation:
- kaUn
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In
suhr
jn
si
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| inflections: |
counterinsurgencies |
| definition: |
a government program or action designed to defeat a rebellion or guerilla insurgency.
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adjective + (n.)counterinsurgency
aggressive,
armed,
british,
broad,
brutal,
civilian,
classic,
coherent,
colombian,
colonial,
controversial,
conventional,
covert,
crucial,
dangerous,
domestic,
effective,
frustrating,
guatemalan,
indiscriminate,
internal,
involved,
iraqi,
joint,
military,
ongoing,
overall,
past,
permanent,
previous,
renewed,
revolutionary,
shining,
so-called,
special,
succeeding,
successful,
tactical,
violent
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verb + (n.)counterinsurgency
adopt,
aim,
augment,
bolster,
cease,
commit,
concentrate,
conduct,
coordinate,
design,
direct,
emphasize,
fight,
focus,
form,
fund,
interpret,
launch,
link,
mount,
observe,
operate,
oversee,
practice,
prosecute,
pursue,
succeed,
suit,
sum,
tamp,
train,
unleash,
wage
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noun + (n.)counterinsurgency
adviser,
aid,
aim,
aircraft,
analyst,
apparatus,
approach,
army,
aspect,
battalion,
battle,
campaign,
coalition,
combat,
combination,
commander,
component,
counterterrorism,
date,
detention,
doctrine,
drafting,
effort,
elite,
emphasis,
expert,
focus,
force,
formula,
front,
funding,
general,
guerilla,
guerrilla,
initiative,
insurgency,
intelligence,
intensity,
lesson,
manual,
method,
military,
mission,
mosque,
officer,
operation,
pacification,
path,
policy,
practice,
principle,
progress,
reform,
security,
soldier,
specialist,
squad,
stability,
strategy,
struggle,
supporter,
surge,
tactic,
technique,
terrorism,
theorist,
tour,
training,
troop,
unit,
veteran,
war,
warfare
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of, relating to, or for the purpose of counterinsurgency.
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The word counterinsurgency
contains the following parts:
counter-, contra-
Latin
prefix
that means against, in the opposite direction
  Example words:
contradict, contradiction, contraindicate, contrary, contravene, counteract, counterattack, counterbalance, counterclockwise, counterinsurgency, counterpoint
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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