Counterinsurgency — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊntɚɹɪnsˌɜːdʒənsi/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈaʊntəɹɪnsˌɜːdʒənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈaʊntəɹɪnsˌɜːdʒənsi/

6 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊntɚɹɪnsˌɜːdʒənsi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pacification

Word Forms

counterinsurgent

adjective

of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Aufstandsbekämpfung

Maßnahmen einer Regierung zur Niederschlagung von Aufständen

🇫🇷French

contre-insurrection

mesures prises par un gouvernement pour vaincre l'insurrection

🇪🇸Spanish

contrainsurgencia

Acciones tomadas por un gobierno para derrotar a la insurgencia.

🇮🇹Italian

controinsurrezione

azioni intraprese da un governo per sconfiggere l’insurrezione

🇳🇱Dutch

tegenopstand

acties die door een regering worden ondernomen om de opstand te verslaan

🇵🇹Portuguese

contra-insurgência

ações tomadas por um governo para derrotar a insurgência

🇷🇺Russian

противоповстанческая деятельность

действия, предпринятые правительством для подавления повстанческого движения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जवाबी कार्रवाई

उग्रवाद को हराने के लिए सरकार द्वारा उठाए गए कदम

🇧🇩Bengali

বিদ্রোহ বিরোধী

বিদ্রোহকে পরাস্ত করার জন্য সরকার কর্তৃক গৃহীত পদক্ষেপ

🇮🇳Tamil

எதிர்ப்பு கிளர்ச்சி

கிளர்ச்சியை முறியடிக்க அரசாங்கம் எடுக்கும் நடவடிக்கைகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఎదురుతిరుగుబాటు

తిరుగుబాటును ఓడించేందుకు ప్రభుత్వం తీసుకున్న చర్యలు

🇮🇳Marathi

बंडखोरी

बंडखोरीला पराभूत करण्यासाठी सरकारने केलेल्या कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિરોધી બળવો

બળવાખોરીને હરાવવા માટે સરકાર દ્વારા લેવામાં આવેલા પગલાં

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿಬಂಡಾಯ

ಬಂಡಾಯವನ್ನು ಸೋಲಿಸಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಕ್ರಮಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

എതിർവിപ്ലവം

കലാപത്തെ പരാജയപ്പെടുത്താൻ സർക്കാർ സ്വീകരിച്ച നടപടികൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਬਗਾਵਤ

ਬਗਾਵਤ ਨੂੰ ਹਰਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਗਈਆਂ ਕਾਰਵਾਈਆਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

انسداد بغاوت

حکومت کی طرف سے بغاوت کو شکست دینے کے لیے کیے گئے اقدامات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

反叛乱

政府为击败叛乱而采取的行动

🇯🇵Japanese

反乱鎮圧

反乱を鎮圧するために政府がとった行動

🇰🇷Korean

반군

반란을 진압하기 위해 정부가 취한 조치

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phản loạn

hành động được chính phủ thực hiện để đánh bại cuộc nổi dậy

🇹🇭Thai

การต่อต้านการก่อความไม่สงบ

การกระทำของรัฐบาลเพื่อเอาชนะการก่อความไม่สงบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemberantasan pemberontakan

tindakan yang diambil oleh pemerintah untuk mengalahkan pemberontakan

🇵🇭Filipino

kontra-insurhensya

mga aksyon na ginawa ng isang gobyerno upang talunin ang insurhensya

🇲🇾Malay

menentang pemberontakan

tindakan yang diambil oleh kerajaan untuk mengalahkan pemberontakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مكافحة التمرد

الإجراءات التي اتخذتها الحكومة لهزيمة التمرد

🇮🇷Persian

ضد شورش

اقداماتی که یک دولت برای شکست شورش انجام می دهد

🇹🇷Turkish

isyan bastırma

isyanı bastırmak için hükümetin aldığı önlemler

🇮🇱Hebrew

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