guerrilla 1 of 2

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
President Gustavo Petro — Colombia’s first left-wing leader in recent memory — is a former M-19 guerrilla leader. — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 But this marks the first time the group has utilized local newspapers as a medium for guerrilla marketing, sparking positive reactions online for the clever rollout. — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 14 July 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
  • Ormund seemingly isn’t scared to learn that enough soldiers to fill a basketball arena are about to bang down the door.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Saldaña plays Joe McNamara, a CIA station chief leading the covert Lioness unit, which recruits and trains female soldiers for global counter-terrorism missions, balancing this with a challenging family life.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 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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  • Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
  • Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Definition of partisan
Adjective
  • Netanyahu is desperate for the US to resume its military campaign against Iran in earnest.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Under Assembly Bill 481, law enforcement agencies are required to obtain approval prior to the purchase or use of military equipment, along with an annual report of how the technology has been deployed in the previous year.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of military
Noun
  • Opening Pacific marine monument waters could give the fleet more opportunities, since foreign ships wouldn’t be permitted to fish there.
    — NPR, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Experts predict a surge in stingray encounters and injuries as warmer waters reshape marine ecosystems from San Diego to Monterey.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of marine
Adjective
  • In the combative hearing, Paul and other Republicans accused Fauci of lying in earlier testimony about the coronavirus’s origins, something the longtime National Institutes of Health scientist has forcefully denied.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Every stage also awards a €2,000 (or over $2,200) prize to the most combative rider.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Definition of combative
Noun
  • 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
  • Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of paramilitary
Adjective
  • The fire department said firefighters quickly went into defensive mode because the flames were so aggressive.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Starting the playoffs in the wild-card round reduces the World Series odds that Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has repeatedly cited as a factor in how aggressive a front office should be at the trade deadline.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of aggressive

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