insurgent

IPA: ɪnsˈɝdʒʌnt

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

Examples of "insurgent" in Sentences

The U.S. uses the word insurgent for every gun fired in anger.
The insurgent is trained to expect brutal treatment upon capture.
NATO said one service member was killed Friday in what it described as an insurgent attack.
And finally, we know that the ratio of ISAF to Taliban insurgent is about 50 to 1 in kills when they do go toe to toe.
Obeid said the Khartoum government is constitutionally mandated to protect residents of Southern Kordofan from what he calls insurgent rebels.
American officers in Afghanistan admitted to me that they use the word insurgent in all their reports to describe any kind of hostile shooting.
American offices in Afghanistan admitted to me that they used the word insurgent in all their reports to describe any kind of hostile shooting.
But the timing of the meeting was unrelated to this week's spike in insurgent attacks, and politicians gave no sign they were ready to overcome the eight-month political impasse, during which the security situation has deteriorated.
JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SENIOR MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice - over): If you needed a lesson in civilian control of the military, Donald Rumsfeld gave it at Tuesday's Pentagon press briefing, when he suddenly pronounced the term insurgent expression non grata.