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or guerillas
as in soldiers
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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Recent Examples of guerrillas
As well as the complexities of this Colombian ecosystem between the guerrillas, the military Special Forces, indigenous belief systems, Catholicism?
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Its most explosive event was Quantrill’s Raid in August 1863, when a group of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill laid waste to Lawrence and killed upward of 200 people, some of them as young as 13 years old.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
This came after a lengthy trial in which US prosecutors accused him of exchanging firearms for cocaine shipments with the now-defunct FARC guerrillas, whose dissidents in Colombia control some of the key regions for narcotics production.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Ruiz Massieu, who has served as special representative of the secretary-general in Colombia since 2019 monitoring the implementation of the peace agreement between the government of Colombia and the FARC-EP guerrillas, arrived in Haiti over the weekend.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Its most explosive event was Quantrill’s Raid in August 1863, when a group of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill laid waste to Lawrence and killed upward of 200 people, some of them as young as 13 years old.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
This came after a lengthy trial in which US prosecutors accused him of exchanging firearms for cocaine shipments with the now-defunct FARC guerrillas, whose dissidents in Colombia control some of the key regions for narcotics production.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Ruiz Massieu, who has served as special representative of the secretary-general in Colombia since 2019 monitoring the implementation of the peace agreement between the government of Colombia and the FARC-EP guerrillas, arrived in Haiti over the weekend.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guerrillas
Noun
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Many Salvadorans and human rights advocates were aghast at the sight of soldiers trying to pressure the lawmakers.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Edwards retreated to the Dark Forest in Germany with the actual nuclear bearings, and reached out to his Navy SEAL buddy, James Reece (Chris Pratt), to share his mindset of how war bureaucrats have set up real soldiers to fail in their efforts to keep the free world safe.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Before long, though, partisans on the other side had the inflammatory billboards replaced.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Washington urged us to think as Americans first, not partisans.—
Janet Nguyen,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Guerrillas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guerrillas. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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