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or guerilla
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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Recent Examples of guerrilla
BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me.
—Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
This week, Petro also halted the extradition of a former leader of a dissident guerrilla faction that had already been approved by Colombia's Supreme Court to face U.S. drug trafficking charges.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Noun
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
Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me.
—Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
Adjective
In response, Ukraine devised a futuristic take on hit-and-run guerrilla operations.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
This week, Petro also halted the extradition of a former leader of a dissident guerrilla faction that had already been approved by Colombia's Supreme Court to face U.S. drug trafficking charges.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guerrilla
Noun
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In 1961: After a decree by the Volkskammer, East German soldiers began installing a barbed wire barrier through Berlin.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Tens of thousands of its children will grow up without fathers, and hundreds of thousands of its soldiers will be physically and emotionally scarred.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His warlike actions in Iran, despite campaign promises to the contrary, blatantly bypassed the need to gain approval from the legislative branch of government.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
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The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For eight days, Dayton was awash in visitors, including journalists, partisans on one side or the other and chimpanzees.—
Randall Balmer,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
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As the climate grows more volatile, even hardened partisans may find their views shifting in the face of unbearable loss.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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And, in the decades since, lower-level radiation exposure from the bombs would lead tens of thousands of people who lived in or near the blast zones – or who were ordered into the cities to serve as military peacekeepers – to develop cancers and other diseases.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however, is an ardent nationalist who doesn’t roll over easily and his country still relies on Moscow for a significant chunk of its military equipment.—
Daniel DePetris,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Anyone with information related to the case can contact the sheriff’s office marine services unit at 925-383-4906.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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President Trump ordered the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to quell protestors, although the marines so far have only been called to protect federal officers and buildings.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Of course, the increasingly partisan, combative, and at times, chaotic atmosphere had infiltrated the modern Congress before Johnson or his Senate counterpart, Majority Leader John Thune, took the gavel.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
3 Aug. 2025
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Instead, the parties have yet to even reach an agreement for the contract that expired in 2022, and the union is taking a more publicly combative tone ahead of arbitration.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Potential Fed chair David Zervos backs an aggressive rate cut.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Poor oral hygiene allows plaque bacteria to produce acids that contribute to decay, while aggressive brushing can physically wear away the enamel surface.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Fed’s debates about monetary policy come against a bellicose political backdrop, in which the central bank’s traditional independence is eroding.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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In 2017, the President returned from an impressively bellicose Bastille Day celebration in France determined to host his own version of a military parade.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
12 June 2025
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“Guerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guerrilla. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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