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guerrilla
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[ noun ] (military) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Trig and a very black colored boy from Detroit had killed or put out_of action ten guerrillas by grenades and hand-to-hand fighting . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)`` You 're back there riding with the guerrillas , the Moccasin_Rangers '' . What he was_about became clear to her with the circulation of another broadside proclamation by General_McClellan , threatening reprisals against Rebel guerrillas . Related terms warrior Maquis urban_guerrilla che_guevara fedayee guerilla_force |
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[ adjective ] (military) used of independent armed resistance forces
Synonyms Examples "guerrilla warfare" "partisan forces" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)Fearful of inviting a military showdown with the West which they could not win , the Communists seek to undermine Western power where the nuclear might of the West is irrelevant - in backwoods guerrilla skirmishes , in mob uprisings in the streets , in parliaments , in clandestine meetings of undercover conspirators , at the United_Nations , on the propaganda front , at diplomatic conferences - preferably at the highest level . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)Such problems are of extreme interest as well as importance and are so much like fighting in a rain_forest or guerrilla warfare at night in tall grass that we might have to re-examine primitive conflicts for what they could teach . Related terms |
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