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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
Sáenz, known in Nicaragua as El Chino Enoc, became a guerrilla fighter as a teenager in the 1970s and remained close to high-level Sandinista figures for decades. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 After studying the ins and outs of a 1976 Beirut bank heist where guerrillas ran off with more than $20 million cash, Maro figures, why not us? — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 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
  • The attack comes a day after a roadside bomb struck a security forces convoy in the northwestern Hangu district and killed six soldiers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Latin became the language of administration in the western half of the empire—the language used by politicians, soldiers, and intellectuals.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 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
Noun
  • Harald paid tribute to the Norwegian partisans who had fought alongside the Soviets during World War II, helping to restore the memory of a segment of the population that had long been marginalized in the official narrative of the war.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This week’s Pollwatcher answers a reader’s question about how polls select respondents and highlights how partisans in one state have flipped on a Democratic senator.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of partisan
Adjective
  • The War Powers Act, created in the aftermath of the Vietnam conflict, sought to put a more specific time limit on the president's power, requiring congressional approval for sustained military actions after 60 or 90 days.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Refugee groups said military barracks aren’t the right place to house asylum seekers, but cautioned that migrants should not be made scapegoats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of military
Noun
  • Surrounded by house reefs – and with a private marine reserve around it which restricts other boats to 400m off its shores – Mnemba offers a rare private space on this increasingly touristy Zanzibar coastline.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic Ocean marine sanctuary 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod was designated in 2016.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Current and former employees said Allen is largely an absentee leader who is combative and who put his workers in harm’s way by not acting sooner to address building concerns prior to a roof collapse last year.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
  • With the midterm election just weeks away, Democrats laced into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a combative House hearing Tuesday.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of combative
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of paramilitary
Adjective
  • On one hand, the aggressive expansion of data centers is intensifying competition for finite resources like land and water, putting them in direct conflict with agricultural land use in certain regions.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Harsh cleaners and aggressive scrubbing can damage these surfaces.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
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