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- Government forces have been attacked by heavily armed paramilitary groups in several villages.
- a paramilitary police force
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paramilitary
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- counterguerrilla
- (also counterguerilla),
- guerrilla
- (or guerilla),
- irregular,
- partisan
- (also partizan)
- dogface,
- fighter,
- legionary,
- legionnaire,
- man-at-arms,
- regular,
- serviceman,
- soldier,
- trooper,
- warrior
- carabineer
- (or carabinier),
- cavalier,
- cavalryman,
- cuirassier,
- dragoon
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“Paramilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramilitary. Accessed 31 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of paramilitary was in 1935
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