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Counterinsurgency

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare. countable, uncountable

    "The United States will continue to pursue a military and civilian counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan."

  2. 2
    actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency wordnet

Etymology

From counter- + insurgency.

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