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noun

variants or guerilla
Definition of guerrillanext
as in soldier
a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit The guerrillas controlled half the country.

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adjective

as in warlike

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Recent Examples of guerrilla
Noun
Until the late 1970s, when the Sandinistas were still a ragged, left-wing guerrilla movement, the United States provided guns, money and military training to the right-wing political dynasty that ruled Nicaragua with an iron fist. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Filming took place, guerrilla-style, at the 2024 gathering in Miami, where the filmmakers conveniently chose to let the cameras roll while the festival was going. — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Adjective
Experts say ex-guerrilla fighters, who once occupied the most remote parts of Colombia’s jungles, forests, mountains, and savannas, are uniquely prepared to aid scientists with ongoing conservation efforts. — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2020 That was the year that social media really started to take off, which gave restaurants and bars this megaphone to kind of guerrilla market on their own. — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for guerrilla
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guerrilla
  1. soldier
  2. warlike
  3. partisan
  4. military
  5. marine
  6. combative
  7. paramilitary
  8. aggressive
Noun
  • Tensions between the two Koreas have been high since mine blasts at their border last month wounded three South Korean soldiers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Haitian police officers have complained that the foreign soldiers are reluctant to confront gangs or hold territory taken back from gangs.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
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Adjective
  • Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of warlike
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  • But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Overwhelming shares of partisans support their party’s candidates – 98% of Democratic likely voters and 96% of Republican likely voters each support their party candidates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of partisan
Adjective
  • Many inside the administration are skeptical about resuming military operations against Iran.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • More than 100 people were killed and 113 others were wounded on Monday in a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, the capital of the South Darfur province, said Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence.
    — YASSIR ABDALLA, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of military
Noun
  • Shortly after the 110 migrants were interdicted at sea on Wednesday by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force and Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment and Border Force, they were loaded on two police marine vessels for processing.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Brea Schmidt was promoted to CFO of Crowley, a global logistics, marine, and energy solutions company.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of marine
Adjective
  • Whitehouse, who once challenged Durbin for the position, is known for his more combative tone and progressive bent.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
  • That newfound freedom sometimes revealed a more combative side.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of combative
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
Adjective
  • But Adebayo was aggressive and found a rhythm early on, totaling 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 shooting from the foul line, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals on Wednesday.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That is leading to unprecedented support for more aggressive federal action on health care.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026
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