COUNTERGUERILLA Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

counterguerrilla

noun

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Definition of counterguerrilla

as in guerrilla

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Noun

In 1981 Menchú fled to Mexico after her family was killed—her father was accused of guerrilla activities and died in a fire while protesting, her brother was kidnapped, tortured, and killed, and her mother was kidnapped, raped, and mutilated.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Another item removed was a campaign poster of Carlos Pizarro, a former leader of the M-19, a guerrilla movement that signed a peace agreement with the government in March 1989, in which its leaders were pardoned for kidnappings and other war crimes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of guerrilla

Noun

Tensions between the two Koreas have been high since mine blasts at their border last month wounded three South Korean soldiers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Haitian police officers have complained that the foreign soldiers are reluctant to confront gangs or hold territory taken back from gangs.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

After a bloody skirmish with the orcs and wild men, an imposing figure arrives on horseback, grabbing one of the warriors and hurling him at Galadriel’s approaching horse.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Created by Akira Toriyama and produced by Toei Animation, Dragon Ball Z is a sci-fi fantasy that follows the adventures of Goku, an alien warrior.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of warrior

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The State Department has accused both Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, of failing to make serious commitments to an immediate truce.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
The volunteers would be an additional layer of security to the powerful Revolutionary Guard paramilitary and its all-volunteer arm, the Basij.

— Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of paramilitary

Noun

Looser, more dangerous In contrast, FHP’s new policy gives troopers great leeway.

— Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Oklahoma's Highway Patrol signed all of its troopers on to 287(g), giving their officers the power to stop a driver and potentially make an immigration arrest on state highways.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of trooper

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New data suggest that a quarter of American servicemen may have low testosterone.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
The video showed the man being accompanied by two FSB servicemen onto a plane, then in a cage in a Moscow court, which ordered him detained for nearly two months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of serviceman

Noun

And there are the foot soldiers themselves, whose earnest dedication to honor, even within a warped and abusive framework, Sorkin and his characters can’t help respecting.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Feldstein was their foot soldier, working to get news stories written and noticed.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

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