Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rise against anything; engage in a hostile uprising; become insurgent.
- To stir up to insurrection.
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Examples
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None of them seem to 'insurge' anything, let alone the Tories.
Archive 2009-07-01 Tory Teacake 2009
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None of them seem to 'insurge' anything, let alone the Tories.
Action Mandy and his One-Mandy Militia Tory Teacake 2009
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"insurge" and the promise of his favor if we "got into line," forty-one
Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft Frank Jenne Cannon 1902
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On Wednesday, October 1, the U.S. relinquishes responsibility for the Sunni Awakening Councils -- the former insurgents we pay ($300 per month) to not insurge -- and the Maliki government takes over.
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A wrong identification will lead to an ill-management of the major conflicts between the state and the Maoist insurge
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For that matter, insurgents need someone to insurge against.
A Mesopotamian Proposal: Restore Chaos��� ���Dread Empire��� 2007
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But that -- as you said, there is a lot increase in violence in Afghanistan, and that's really blamed on an insurge of -- increase in Taliban activity.
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Fallujah, an all-out offensive; Telafar, a dangerous but more contained large-scale cordoned insurge.
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Between each insurge of the waves, they could still see Greenstalk's fronds.
A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992
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She felt this with an insurge of passion that left her girlhood behind forever.
The Seventh Noon Frederick Orin Bartlett
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