counterguerrilla

noun

variants also counterguerilla
Definition of counterguerrillanext
as in guerrilla

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  1. guerrilla
  2. irregular
  3. soldier
  4. warrior
  5. paramilitary
  6. trooper
  7. serviceman
  8. foot soldier
Noun
  • Director Avildsen, Stallone and the filmmaking team took a guerrilla-style approach to Rocky, filming in public places on location in Philadelphia often without permits.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Two decades ago, as Colombia’s army fought powerful leftist guerrillas, soldiers killed around 7,000 civilians, dressing up and planting guns on the corpses to inflate enemy body counts, a tribunal later found.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 30 Oct. 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
  • This allows soldiers to retain the option of using an unexpended round as conventional mortar ammunition if it is not dropped or mission requirements change.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • MacPherson will play Dugan, a Special Forces soldier toughened by years of combat, joining the film’s two leads.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Morley was found after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down and his truck got stuck in the mud.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Missouri state troopers have captured an escaped convict who broke free from a Tennessee prison last week, a highway patrol spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of trooper
Noun
  • 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
Definition of foot soldier
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