counterguerrilla

variants also counterguerilla
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Noun
  • Although the country saw a break in violence between rebel groups and the government in the 10 years since the historic agreement between guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and the government, criminal gang activity is rising.
    Sebastian Jimenez, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • The vote, seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s policies, comes 10 years after Colombia signed an historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Some galaxies, known as irregulars, don't fit neatly into either mold.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The existence of the irregulars raises an important question: How small can a galaxy get?
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Last month, senior Moscow officials attended the inauguration of a war memorial complex in Pyongyang, where soldiers fighting for Russia were honored and a message from Putin was read aloud.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Nicholas Galitzine stars as the titular blond-haired warrior.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 6 June 2026
  • Adam does find his sword and returns to Eternia, fairly early in the film, to fulfill his destiny as a powerful warrior who (eventually) goes by the name of He-Man.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
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.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026
  • 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.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The decision to send in state troopers – some on horseback – infuriated many protesters while drawing praise from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
    Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • See detailed results Democratic Primary Julian Beaudion, a former South Dakota state trooper and a community organizer, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination for Senate.
    New York Times, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Traffickers recruit young people, including minors, to serve as foot soldiers in their bloody quest to control drug-trafficking routes across Mexico.
    Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • Agamemnon would be a big muscle, like a pectoral, but Psoas is an unknown foot soldier.
    Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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