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- Dictionaryguerrilla/ɡəˈrɪlə/
noun
- 1. a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces: "this town fell to the guerrillas"
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a member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official army forces: A small band of guerrillas has blown up a train in the mountains. guerrilla warfare. Compare. insurgent. Fewer examples.
Guerrilla fighters band together in a small underground army, usually trying to overcome a larger and more organized force. Guerrilla and gorilla are pronounced the same — which makes it easy to remember how to say guerrilla — but they have different meanings.
The meaning of GUERRILLA is a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage. How to use guerrilla in a sentence.
A guerrilla is someone who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police force.
Also known as an insurgent or irregular, a guerilla usually exists outside mainstream society and typically has taken a position of active revolt or rebellion against the established ruling power.
Guerrilla definition: a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.. See examples of GUERRILLA used in a sentence.
a member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official army forces: A small band of guerrillas has blown up a train in the mountains. guerrilla warfare. Compare. insurgent. Fewer examples.
Designating activities conducted in an irregular, unorthodox, and spontaneous way, without regard to established conventions, rules, and formalities, as guerrilla advertising, guerrilla cooking, guerrilla filmmaking, etc.
n. 1. (Military) a. a member of an irregular usually politically motivated armed force that combats stronger regular forces, such as the army or police. b. ( as modifier ): guerrilla warfare. 2.
Guerrilla definition: A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary force operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy, as by surprise raids.
