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Noun: counterinsurgency  `kawn-tu-rin'sur-jun(t)-see
  1. Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
    - pacification

Derived forms: counterinsurgencies

See also: counterinsurgent

Type of: battle, conflict, struggle

Encyclopedia: Counterinsurgency

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