c 3 o 1 u 1 n 1 t 1 e 1 r 1 i 1 n 1 s 1 u 1 r 1 g 2 e 1 n 1 t 1
16 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English insurgent English counterinsurgent From counter- + insurgent.
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