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How to pronounce guerrilla in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms guerilla, insurgent, irregular
Type of warrior
Has types maquis, maquisard, urban guerrilla

Examples of guerrilla

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They argued that they were simply defending Argentina from a guerrilla movement.
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In fact, Vietnam was just a student of China, which taught it guerrilla tactics.
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A guerrilla campaign that included acts of terror eventually forced Britain out.
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They were resisted in a guerrilla campaign led initially by Australiancommandos.
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In guerrilla warfare, the most important strategy is to win the people's hearts.
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The coca provides profits for narco-traffickers, and the guerrilla, and the AUC.
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A period of unrest with city guerrilla warfare called the Bersiap period ensued.
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It controlled no territory and its guerrilla campaign had little public support.
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What he did in this particular case was clearly an act of guerrilla open access.
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More examples
  • A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
  • Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare and refers to conflicts in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians (or "regulars") use military tactics, like ambushes, sabotage, raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary mobility to harass a ...
  • Guerrilla is the third studio album by Super Furry Animals, released in June 1999 via Creation Records. It peaked at #10 in the UK Album Charts.
  • Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline. ...
  • (Guerrillas (band)) Guerrillas are a hardcore, thrash metal band, formed in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2002. After more than 5 years of searching the band has found its identity and is ready to release its first album "Guerrilla Spirit" in April 2008.
  • (Guerrillas (novel)) Guerrillas is a 1975 novel by V. S. Naipaul. The book is set on an un-named, remote Caribbean island populated by a mix of ethnicities, but dominated by post-colonial British. Probably the island is modeled after Trinidad, Naipaul's birthplace.
  • A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war; A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids; Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official ...
  • (Guerrillas) "A member of an irregular military force operating usually in small, independent groups capable of great speed and mobility." (From The American Heritage Dictionary)
  • (Guerrillas) Hang with them in the mountains near Chalatenango. Guerrillas are loads of fun. They teach your kids history, personal self-defense, and the inevitability of international Communist victory.