counterguerrilla

noun

variants also counterguerilla
Definition of counterguerrillanext
as in guerilla

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  1. guerrilla
  2. irregular
  3. soldier
  4. warrior
  5. trooper
  6. serviceman
Noun
  • Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil came back from exile, and were proposing another kind of fight, which was different from the take-guns-and-fight guerrilla thing of very young people.
    Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • And then its existence becomes guerrilla marketing.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of guerrilla
Noun
  • In a word, even before yesterday, Donbas was well on its way to becoming Ukraine’s Bosnia -- with Putin playing the part of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, Russia playing the part of Serbia, and Putin’s Donbas supporters playing the part of Bosnian Serb irregulars.
    Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2014
  • But when strong-arm tactics by security irregulars failed to suppress the massive demonstrations in Tahrir Square, the senior officer corps, who regarded themselves foremost as guardians of the first Egyptian revolution, sent Mubarak into retirement.
    Robert H. Pelletreau, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2011
Definition of irregular
Noun
  • The terror group killed thousands, predominantly targeting men and elderly women, while abducting boys to forcibly conscript them as child soldiers.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In 2015, members of the Islamic State (IS) destroyed parts of the ancient city, and shortly afterwards the area saw fighting between Kurdish and IS soldiers.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • Fight to the end over Hegseth, the thinking goes, and other MAGA warriors will slip through the Senate picket line.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The trolls and keyboard warriors should take a good, hard look in the mirror, too, says relationship therapist Philip Lewis.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of warrior
Noun
  • The Florida Highway Patrol said troopers found Mensch dead at the scene of a crash just after 8 p.m. in Citrus County, Florida.
    Michelle Watson, Dan Heching and Megan Thomas, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Footage obtained by Tennessee news station WTVF shows the moment Yager took a field sobriety test conducted by Georgia State Patrol troopers.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of trooper
Noun
  • The Navy serviceman, killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, was identified decades later.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Remember that the Pentagon is three million servicemen and women and civilians.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of serviceman
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