Definition of Insurgent
a rebel; one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority
Examples of Insurgent in a sentence
For his crimes against the state, he was tried as an enemy insurgent. 🔊
He was classified as an enemy insurgent and troops were ordered to capture him dead or alive. 🔊
The soldiers were trained to shoot any enemy insurgent on sight. 🔊
After taking up arms against his government, the man knew he would forever be an insurgent. 🔊
Though he was publicly aligned with the controlling party, he was secretly funding the insurgent movement. 🔊
At the time of the American Revolution, George Washington was the leading insurgent. 🔊
By signing the declaration to secede, he realized he was now an insurgent. 🔊
Sick of the treatment his people endured, he vowed to become an insurgent and bring down the system from inside. 🔊
He caught the insurgent trying to sneak in and sabotage the city's power grid. 🔊
Though he did not wish to become an insurgent, his distaste for the government made it difficult not to act. 🔊
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