[
US
/ɡɝˈɪɫə/
]
[ UK /ɡɛɹˈɪlɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɡɛɹˈɪlɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
How To Use guerrilla In A Sentence
- Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters.
- When guerrilla or partisan warfare further exasperated him, Grant proposed radical measures.
- Tuesday, rose from humble beginnings as a peasant herdboy through stages as a teacher, political prisoner and guerrilla chieftain. ANC Daily News Briefing
- These tenacious guerrillas come from Chechnya, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan, and they use classical guerrilla hit-and-run tactics.
- According to the report, the massacre occurred after the guerrillas had tried to force the workers to stage a strike against the company.
- The conflict claims roughly four civilian lives for every soldier or alleged guerrilla killed.
- All this guerrilla artwork reflected the widespread belief that it was the IRA that had pulled off the heist.
- The accepted ratio of government forces to guerrillas is often cited as 10:1.
- Several small actions took place - street theatre, guerrilla gardening, sitdowns.
- Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive.