guerrilla
Use Guerrilla in a sentence
ə 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
2.
pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla strongholds; guerrilla tactics.
Also, guerilla.
Origin:
1800–10; < Spanish, diminutive of guerra war (< Germanic; cf. war1); orig. in reference to the Spanish resistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal noun
1800–10; < Spanish, diminutive of guerra war (< Germanic; cf. war1); orig. in reference to the Spanish resistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal noun
Related forms
guer·ril·la·ism, noun
an·ti·guer·ril·la, noun, adjective
coun·ter·guer·ril·la, adjective
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| 1. | 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. | Compare phalanx 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 |
| [C19: from Spanish, diminutive of guerra | |
| guerilla or guerilla | |
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| [C19: from Spanish, diminutive of guerra | |
| guer'rillaism or guerilla | |
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Word Origin & History
guerrilla
1809, from Sp. guerrilla "body of skirmishers, skirmishing warfare," lit. "little war," dim. of guerra "war," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. werra "strife, conflict, war;" see war). Acquired by Eng. during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), purists failed in their attempt to keep
this word from taking on the sense properly belonging to guerrillero "guerrilla fighter."
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Example sentences
Almost entirely bereft of popular support, the guerrilla campaign flopped.
It provides an understanding of guerrilla field craft, tactics, techniques and procedures.
He was more concerned about confronting guerrilla warfare.
Drive-ins, both traditional and guerrilla, are on the rise.
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