COUNTERGUERRILLA Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

counterguerrilla

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Definition of counterguerrilla

as in guerrilla

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But this marks the first time the group has utilized local newspapers as a medium for guerrilla marketing, sparking positive reactions online for the clever rollout.

— Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Supporters see the Colombian tribunal as a landmark that helped end Latin America’s longest-running guerrilla insurgency and hold those responsible for atrocities accountable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

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Sinon also told Odysseus the fallen Ithacan soldiers were unable to rest because they weren’t honored with proper Greek warrior funeral rites.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
For years, they have been stuck at sea with their leader, the great warrior king Odysseus (Matt Damon), trying to find a route home to Ithaca; hunger and desperation have spurred his fiery second-in-command, Eurylochus (Himesh Patel), toward mutiny.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

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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

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The Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as belonging to Patrick Orville Dearth, who was reported missing to the Fairbanks Police Department in November 1993, state troopers said.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
After the July 4 arrest, Cook County Judge Shauna Boliker ordered Milton not to go near the property or have any contact with the state trooper who reported him to authorities.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

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David Wiseman, a leading light in the Invictus movement and former serviceman, tells PEOPLE that Harry’s importance to the games cannot be underestimated.

— Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 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

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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
Among the Cambodians to exploit the instability was Toek Tik, a once-impoverished former Khmer Rouge foot soldier whose confessions helped investigators substantiate some of their claims against Latchford.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

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