variants
also counterguerilla
as in guerrilla
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterguerrilla
Noun
-
Fighting between rebel groups The election comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that had offered hope to break the nation’s vicious cycle of fighting between rebel groups and the government.
-
Many rebel groups are offshoots of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which had been fighting to overthrow the government since the 1960s and had been the country's largest guerrilla organization.
Noun
-
Some galaxies, known as irregulars, don't fit neatly into either mold.
-
The existence of the irregulars raises an important question: How small can a galaxy get?
Noun
-
Mexico sent two Mexican Air Force transport planes carrying 261 personnel, including soldiers, air force members and National Guard troops, Reuters reported.
-
National Guard soldiers and airmen will be tasked with crowd control, traffic management and security patrols.
Noun
-
Blood drives like the one at the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Michigan Chapter in Detroit aren't just increasing the general blood supply, but also the supply to treat those living with the disease, also known as warriors.
-
Over the past decade, Osees have reinvented themselves as prog-metal warriors, hardcore agitators, and synth-punk freaks, investing each new permutation with the same degree of blitzkrieg aggression.
Noun
-
Drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan 's conflict and both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are being supplied by a number of countries in the Middle East and beyond, experts say.
-
Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.
Noun
-
The training brought together deputies, officers and troopers from agencies spanning rural communities across the state, including mountain towns and eastern plains communities.
-
At least two people were transported to a hospital and six people died in the fire, troopers wrote.
Noun
-
Sherman's lawyer previously said his client was also a retired military serviceman and successful businessman.
-
Now, some 80 years later, researchers have uncovered the servicemen’s final resting place.
Noun
-
Among the Cambodians to exploit the instability was Toek Tik, a once-impoverished former Khmer Rouge foot soldier whose confessions helped investigators substantiate some of their claims against Latchford.
-
Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
