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guerrilla

Or ܱ··

[guh-ril-uh]

noun

  1. a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.



adjective

  1. pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla tactics.

    guerrilla strongholds;

    guerrilla tactics.

  2. of or relating to an unauthorized, edgy, or disruptive version of an activity: guerilla gardening to beautify an abandoned lot.

    guerrilla filmmaking on a busy sidewalk;

    guerilla gardening to beautify an abandoned lot.

guerrilla

/ ɡəˈɪə /

noun

    1. a member of an irregular usually politically motivated armed force that combats stronger regular forces, such as the army or police

    2. ( as modifier )

      guerrilla warfare

  1. a form of vegetative spread in which the advance is from several individual rhizomes or stolons growing rapidly away from the centre, as in some clovers Compare phalanx

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Other Word Forms

  • guerrillaism noun
  • antiguerrilla noun
  • counterguerrilla adjective
  • ܱˈ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guerrilla1

First recorded in 1800–10; from Spanish, diminutive of guerra “war” (of Germanic origin) + -illa diminutive suffix; originally in reference to the Spanish resistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal noun; war 1, -elle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guerrilla1

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of guerra war
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The Special Jurisdiction for Peace estimates that more than 18,000 children were recruited by Farc guerrilla between 1996 and 2016, when this left-wing group signed a peace deal with the government.

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Freddy, a 46-year-old who did not give his last name for fear of reprisals from a cartel, left the Colombian military at age 32 after more than a decade of intense combat fighting leftist guerrillas.

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At the camp, they refused to work and considered themselves guerrillas whose purpose was to sabotage Nazi efficiency.

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When the Uruguayan military staged a coup in 1973, they included him in a group of "nine hostages" who they threatened to kill if the guerrillas continued their attacks.

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Herbicides were used to strip the leaf cover from forests, increase visibility along transportation routes and destroy crops suspected of supplying guerrilla forces.

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