| word | counterinsurgent |
|---|---|
| definition | A person taking military or political action against guerrillas or revolutionaries. |
| eg_sentence | Counterinsurgents who build trust with the local population will gradually begin to receive useful information. |
| explanation | A counterinsurgent is, as you might guess, someone who combats an insurgency. Counterinsurgency efforts often attempt to win the “hearts and minds” of a population by hiring and paying local villagers, opening health clinics and schools, organizing sports programs, and providing agricultural assistance. These terms were first used to describe the American effort to strengthen the South Vietnamese government against communist forces in the 1960s—an effort that eventually ended in defeat. |
| IPA | counterinsurgent* |
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