PARAMILITARIES Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

paramilitaries

noun

plural of paramilitary

as in guerrillas

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Noun

About 70% of them are former FARC guerrillas, 29% are former members of the security forces and the rest are civilians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Cepeda had participated in and continued throughout the campaign to promote negotiations with guerrillas and cartels.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of guerrillas

Noun

The 1990s were a period of instability across the country, including in Goma, which saw periods of widespread looting that started with mutinous security forces and during which soldiers terrorized the population.

— Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
In his latest casualty update in February, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had lost at least 55,000 soldiers killed since 2022.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of soldiers

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The task force combining local law enforcement with the National Guard, state troopers, and several federal agencies was created with the promise of lowering the city’s crime rates.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Despite this admonition, FHP loosened its chase policy two and a half years ago, freeing troopers to use PIT maneuvers to stop fleeing suspects.

— Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Definition of troopers

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Collectors won’t want to miss The Adobe Fine Art, an award-winning 10,000-foot space filled with oil paintings of cowboys and gunslingers, fiber sculptures of Native American warriors, traditional Pueblo pottery, and much more.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
The film follows Johnny Cage, a martial arts actor who is recruited by the thunder god Raiden and Sonya Blade to join his fellow Earthrealm fighters in an inter-dimensional tournament against the Outworld warriors.

— Arushi Jacob, Variety, 17 July 2026

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