Vocabulary
Insurgent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary.
Urdu meaning
سرکش، باغی، مسلح بغاوت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The insurgent groups have also intensified their psycho-logical warfare by staging scattered road blockades in remote regions and temporarily seizing major highways.
Dawn Editorials —
Silence which speaks
— 2025-11-30
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While the establishment has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards the TTP, Islamic State-Khorasan and Baloch insurgent groups, it must apply a similar approach to other forms of radical and militant outfits.
Dawn Editorials —
Taming militancy
— 2025-07-27
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Baloch insurgent groups, including the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), also continued attacks on our security forces, law enforcement agencies and civilians.
Dawn Editorials —
The real pause
— 2025-07-16
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OC is not confined to traditional mafia-style groups, but spans a complex spectrum of urban gangs, tribal smuggling clans, insurgent-linked syndicates and terrorist outfits.
Dawn Editorials —
Organised crime challenges
— 2025-05-31
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They can`t seem to make up their minds whether they are part of the system of rule in the country, or an insurgent force out to topple it.
Dawn Editorials —
Canals and minerals
— 2025-04-24
Synonyms
rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, mutineer, agitator, subversive, guerrilla
Curator example
“an attack by armed insurgents”
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