guerrilla

noun

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guer·ril·la | \ gə-ˈri-lə

, ge-, g(y)i- \

variants: or guerilla

Definition of guerrilla

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage (see sabotage sense 2) Guerrillas controlled half the country.

guerrilla

adjective

Definition of guerrilla (Entry 2 of 2)

: of, relating to, or suggestive of guerrillas especially in being aggressive, radical, or unconventional guerrilla warfare

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Noun The guerrillas controlled half the country.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Some even fear a flare-up of the violence between Catholics and Protestants that the peace accord ended after the 30-year guerrilla war known as the Troubles. — Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 May 2022 During that time, one of his brothers was killed while fighting in a revolutionary guerrilla movement in Kenya. — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 My dad came from a very working-class neighborhood in Lima, and in the ‘90s, that neighborhood and all of Lima were gripped in guerrilla war. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 Maduro has claimed that the Colombian guerrilla groups are part of an effort by the Duque government to destabilize Venezuela. — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022 On Monday, Col. Carlos Martinez of the Colombian police announced an investigation had been launched into the murder, and blamed local guerrilla groups. — Stefano Pozzebon And Ana Victoria Cucalón, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021 His son, Hari, is a rebel operating from the forest in a guerrilla war with the landlords and is enraged by the news of his father’s death. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Apr. 2022 Ukrainian leaders called on citizens to join in guerrilla war this week as Russian forces gained ground on the coast and took over one major port city. — chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2022 As Russian forces advance on strategic points in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities on Thursday called on compatriots to launch a guerrilla war against Russian forces. — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Experts say ex-guerrilla fighters, who once occupied the most remote parts of Colombia’s jungles, forests, mountains, and savannas, are uniquely prepared to aid scientists with ongoing conservation efforts. — Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2020 That was the year that social media really started to take off, which gave restaurants and bars this megaphone to kind of guerrilla market on their own. — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me. — Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 Maybe a little too guerrilla style for some of the crews. — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 5 Apr. 2018 Her interviews were guerrilla achievements and global events. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017 See More

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