as in military
of or relating to a group that is not an official army but that operates and is organized like an army
Government forces have been attacked by heavily armed paramilitary groups in several villages. a paramilitary police force
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as in guerilla
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Ruxandra Iordache,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 July 2024
Some of Iran’s primary influence operatives work under its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a paramilitary organization with intelligence and cyber personnel, which has a direct line to the country’s supreme leader, the official noted.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
The killing of the officer in the storied Carabinieri paramilitary police corps shocked Italy, and the 35-year-old Cerciello Rega was mourned as a national hero.
—Paolo Santalucia, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
These were mobile paramilitary units of the Third Reich, notorious for rounding up and slaughtering Jews, Polish clergy, Romani people—anyone in the path of the Nazi invasion.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
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Year to date, gas is down 18% Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard accused Israel of assassinating Haniyeh at his residence in Tehran.
—Ruxandra Iordache,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 July 2024
Some of Iran’s primary influence operatives work under its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a paramilitary organization with intelligence and cyber personnel, which has a direct line to the country’s supreme leader, the official noted.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
The killing of the officer in the storied Carabinieri paramilitary police corps shocked Italy, and the 35-year-old Cerciello Rega was mourned as a national hero.
—Paolo Santalucia, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
These were mobile paramilitary units of the Third Reich, notorious for rounding up and slaughtering Jews, Polish clergy, Romani people—anyone in the path of the Nazi invasion.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Paramilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramilitary. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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