An organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict
An insurgency is a violent attempt to oppose a country's government carried out by citizens of that country. He has led a violent armed insurgency for 15 years. = uprising, insurrection. insurgencies an attempt by a group of people to take control of their government using force and violence = rebellion counterinsurgency
a type of military conflict in which irregular soldiers rise up against an established regime
Subversive political activity, civil rebellion, revolt, or insurrection designed to weaken and overthrow a duly constituted authority by its own people