Usually means: Person or group opposing insurgents actively.
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  1. counterinsurgent: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterinsurgent: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. counterinsurgent: Wordnik
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  7. Counterinsurgent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. counterinsurgent: FreeDictionary.org
  9. counterinsurgent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. counterinsurgent: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A person combating an insurgency.

Similar:
insurgent, counterguerrilla, countersubversive, insurrectionist, Insurrectionalist, insurrecter, antimilitant, infighter, antisubversive, counterrevolutionary, more...

Opposite:
insurgent, rebels, revolutionaries

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Similar:
insurgent, counterguerrilla, countersubversive, insurrectionist, Insurrectionalist, insurrecter, antimilitant, infighter, antisubversive, counterrevolutionary, more...

Opposite:
insurgent, rebels, revolutionaries



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