COUNTERGUERRILLAS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

counterguerrillas

noun

variants also counterguerillas

plural of counterguerrilla

as in guerrillas

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Noun

About 70% of them are former FARC guerrillas, 29% are former members of the security forces and the rest are civilians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Cepeda had participated in and continued throughout the campaign to promote negotiations with guerrillas and cartels.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of guerrillas

Noun

This place has a mysterious spiritual atmosphere, shaped by the idea of sacred cosmic energy and stories of warriors who gained supernatural powers through intense training.

— Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
In Tenet, warriors from the future punish the present because their world is ravaged by climate change caused by us, their ancestors.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of warriors

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The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
With 18 deaths and nearly 100 soldiers injured, the Pentagon is also under pressure to address the impact to US troops.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of soldiers

Noun

Surveillance cameras at busway stations are now feeding images directly to Troop H dispatchers so better information can be relayed to troopers more quickly.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency had no further information to add as troopers continue to investigate the fatal crash.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of troopers

Noun

Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.

— Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
The result is child foot soldiers hired as hitmen, becoming both the perpetrators of crime and the victims of criminals.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026

Definition of foot soldiers

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