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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.
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.
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.
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.
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. (Botany) 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.
noun. /ɡəˈrɪlə/ (also guerilla) a member of a small group of soldiers who are not part of an official army and who fight against official soldiers, usually to try to change the government. urban guerrillas (= those who fight in towns) guerrilla war/warfare (= fought by guerrillas on one or both sides) a guerrilla movement. compare freedom fighter.
/ɡəˈrɪlə/ (also guerilla) [only before noun] organized in an informal way and without official permission or approval. Guerrilla actors took to the streets in army fatigues to protest against the war. guerrilla marketing (= marketing that uses unusual methods in order to achieve the greatest effect for the smallest amount of money)
GUERRILLA meaning: a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit often used before another noun.
GUERRILLA definition: a member of an unofficial group of soldiers fighting to achieve their political beliefs: . Learn more.
