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US
/ɡɝˈɪɫə/
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[ UK /ɡɛɹˈɪlɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɡɛɹˈɪlɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
How To Use guerilla In A Sentence
- It was system of indirect control, with the US constantly fighting low level guerilla warfare with special forces.
- But so far the guerilla resistance has eschewed such random violence that hit civilians and instead has concentrated its attacks on U.S. troops and those it considers quislings.
- It was the first major strategic attack carried out by a guerilla force and the attackers came from within as well as without our society.
- The Guerilla Gardening website has a friendly though subversive sort of tone, as it has gone from tracking the activities of “illicit cultivation around London” to being a “growing arsenal for anyone who is interested in waging war against the neglect of public space.” GUERILLA GARDENING: Strategies for Greening the Hood | Inhabitat
- Salvadoran guerillas
- Small guerilla units were fighting behind enemy lines.
- He led a guerilla band against Japanese invaders.
- The guerillas were promised safe conduct out of the country.
- But the problem is and will continue to be the improvement in guerilla and/or terrorist techniques. Matthew Yglesias » Breaking News: Guerilla Tactics Work
- As a group, private-sector actors would seem more amenable to moral suasion than are either state leaders or guerillas.