counterguerrilla

variants also counterguerilla
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Noun
  • García said mining areas in Bolívar state remain under the control of organizations such as gangs such as Tren de Aragua and Tren de Guayana and ELN guerrillas, which operate across different mines and control workers, transport routes and processing centers.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Israel and Hezbollah have fought multiple wars since the group was formed in the 1980s as a guerrilla force resisting Israel’s then occupation of southern Lebanon.
    Abby Sewell, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 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
  • The Israeli military’s top general took swift action, suspending all operational activities of a reserve battalion involved in the detention of CNN’s team in the West Bank – including dismissing one soldier from military service.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Like his comic book backstory, Castle is a former soldier who goes on a revenge mission after his wife and children were murdered.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Mortal Kombat 2 will focus on the Mortal Kombat tournament, the big battle in which warriors from different realms face off against one another in a fight to the bloody finish.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Cheek plates depict a warrior about to kill a sacrificial ram.
    Ryan Brennan April 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes on Al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theater and a maternity ward.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 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
  • Two more passengers were taken to the hospital, one by helicopter and another by ambulance, troopers said.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Players create an agent who is among the first wave of Strategic Homeland Division troopers activated during the crisis.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Robert Roberts and his wife Iris White chronicle much, including Black servicemen who came back from the war with European brides.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • For much of the 20th century in the United States, tattoos were associated with rebellion and criminality — linked to prisoners, gangs and subcultures, as well as servicemen like sailors and soldiers.
    Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But, as academic mastery has become secondary to political consciousness, students are no longer being molded into informed citizens so much as into ideological foot soldiers.
    Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Fans became zealous cultural foot soldiers, streaming, voting and building global communities on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.
    Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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