COUNTERGUERRILLA Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

counterguerrilla

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Definition of counterguerrilla

as in guerrilla

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Noun

One breakthrough leading into that period of acclaim was Ferrer’s 1968 guerrilla action involving driving 87 bushels of fall leaves from Philadelphia to New York in a pickup truck, and scattering them in front of art institutions.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
In contrast, some discount the 1960s dates and consider the start to be 1972, when the ZANLA insurgency began a new, more intense level of guerrilla fighting.

— Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of guerrilla

Noun

But what chance would American soldiers have against a country whose military doctrine has already imagined active resistance in populated areas, backed by citizens who could potentially provide intelligence, surveillance and other forms of support?

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Not so for Cal, who meets soldier Olivier during the Napoleonic Wars and creates a paradox to keep him from dying on the battlefield… only for Olivier to disappear from the timeline entirely.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of soldier

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On June 21, Langlade and more than two hundred Ojibwe and Odawa soldiers attacked while most of the Miami warriors were away at their summer hunting camps and the women were working in the fields outside the walls.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Donskoy is not the first warrior saint Russia has invoked during its war in Ukraine.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of warrior

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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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Deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers caught up with Lopez, who sped away at speeds of up to 100 mph, according to his arrest report.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
The Tennessee man accused of killing a Kentucky state trooper was on probation and already wanted for a violation, with a criminal record that included assault, fraud and illegally possessing a gun.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of trooper

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The presidential decree, which was published Monday on Russia’s official legal information database, will put the size of Russia’s armed forces at 2,441,630, including 1,550,500 active servicemen.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of serviceman

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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

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