COUNTERGUERRILLA Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

counterguerrilla

noun

variants also counterguerilla

Definition of counterguerrilla

as in guerrilla

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Noun

The atrocities committed in Chile were similar to those in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Central America, where leftist movements and guerrillas were squashed with incredible brutality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Other people allegedly taken into custody were never seen alive again, including palace cafeteria employees and Irma Franco, an M-19 guerrilla captured during the operation.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of guerrilla

Noun

Amid the jubilation of the liberation, there is a darker side, as women who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and brutally publicly shamed.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
More than 500 soldiers and 600 police officers were deployed, according to the Colombian presidency.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

Here the focus was not nationalism but a spiritual discipline that supposedly allowed warriors to accept death with equanimity.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2026
No stranger to controversy or criticism, Sweeney, 29, faced the music from Olympic athletes, entertainment icons and millions of keyboard warriors who voiced their opinions of the naked ad.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of warrior

Noun

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
That weekend, fighting broke out nearby between the Sudanese armed forces and a paramilitary called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

— Noraldin Jadat, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026

Definition of paramilitary

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After conducting a traffic stop, troopers determined that the vehicle was not registered.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Stein previously ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a state trooper killed in a crash and after a state representative died from cancer, The N&O reported.

— Anna Roman, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of trooper

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About 167,000 servicemen have returned from Ukraine, presidential administration official Sergei Novikov said in December, although Russian media reports and experts say the number is probably higher.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
The show comes from Goalhanger’s drama bosses Joel Emery and Adam Jarrell, and was developed with input from current and former military and defence professionals, including serving airborne serviceman and military adviser Sergeant Dave Allen.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of serviceman

Noun

Feldstein was their foot soldier, working to get news stories written and noticed.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence.

— Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of foot soldier

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