counterguerrilla

noun

variants also counterguerilla
Definition of counterguerrillanext
as in guerrilla

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterguerrilla
  1. guerrilla
  2. irregular
  3. soldier
  4. warrior
  5. paramilitary
  6. trooper
  7. serviceman
  8. foot soldier
Noun
  • These revelations have been met by a growing guerilla mindset among average citizens.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • In the 1960s, the architect Cedric Price, prompted by the guerrilla director Joan Littlewood, came up with — but never built — Fun Palace, a scaffolding that could be infinitely rejiggered to meet its users’ needs for leisure, play, and performance.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Definition of guerrilla
Noun
  • Setting off in pursuit was José María Zuloaga, a taciturn lieutenant colonel in the Mexican army supported by a band of irregulars.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Some galaxies, known as irregulars, don't fit neatly into either mold.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of irregular
Noun
  • Ormund seemingly isn’t scared to learn that enough soldiers to fill a basketball arena are about to bang down the door.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Saldaña plays Joe McNamara, a CIA station chief leading the covert Lioness unit, which recruits and trains female soldiers for global counter-terrorism missions, balancing this with a challenging family life.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has kicked off debates about geopolitics, a dark-skinned woman as Helen of Troy and a trans actor playing a Greek warrior.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The finale, set in autumn, concerns an accident of nature—a warrior is struck by lightning, in full view of Murashige and his other men—that turns out not to have been so accidental.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of warrior
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
Definition of paramilitary
Noun
  • Back at the base, the team is still bickering with the other troopers.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Hicks said an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen — whose identities weren't immediately disclosed — both fired back and diverted the gunman from the restaurant.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of trooper
Noun
  • Eloise told 9 News their adventures were funded using money Michael received as a former serviceman.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
  • Tillman was born in Germany to a German mother and an American serviceman father who left the family shortly after.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of serviceman
Noun
  • Kelli, the ultimate foot soldier, deflects from Shamea’s wrongdoings by bringing up Angela’s accusation in Scotland that Shamea slept with George, whose wife, Ashley, is conveniently sitting next to them at the party.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • His mind for military strategy and his quiet but intense drive propelled him – a son of working-class Moroccan Jewish immigrants who grew up in the most remote corner of Israel – from foot soldier to army chief of staff.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026
Definition of foot soldier
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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