counterguerrilla

noun

variants also counterguerilla
Definition of counterguerrillanext
as in guerilla

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  1. guerrilla
  2. irregular
  3. soldier
  4. warrior
  5. trooper
  6. serviceman
Noun
  • The roots of this conflict began in the early 1970s, when the PLO started targeting Israel from neighboring Jordan in a guerrilla warfare campaign.
    Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made by History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In July, 1967, when a Black cabdriver named John William Smith was arrested by two white police officers and beaten, what started as a protest evolved into almost a week of arson, looting, and urban guerrilla warfare.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of guerrilla
Noun
  • In a word, even before yesterday, Donbas was well on its way to becoming Ukraine’s Bosnia -- with Putin playing the part of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, Russia playing the part of Serbia, and Putin’s Donbas supporters playing the part of Bosnian Serb irregulars.
    Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2014
  • But when strong-arm tactics by security irregulars failed to suppress the massive demonstrations in Tahrir Square, the senior officer corps, who regarded themselves foremost as guardians of the first Egyptian revolution, sent Mubarak into retirement.
    Robert H. Pelletreau, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2011
Definition of irregular
Noun
  • The memorial pays tribute to the 19 special ops soldiers and Navy SEALS killed during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan in 2005, including Cupertino residents Matt Axelson and James Suh.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • That keeps casualties low, even in a land war, which is usually very deadly for soldiers and civilians.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • The most ardent warrior on the voter fraud front has been Paxton, who has repeatedly and without evidence alleged that Democrats are conspiring with Mexican drug cartels to illegally import voters.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
  • To watch elite women warriors fold in among special-forces bros without needing help or rescue, or becoming objects of desire, or subjects of derision, or much of anything notable at all besides equals, is borderline radical.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of warrior
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  • Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers confiscated more than 175 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop involving a Dodge Ram pickup on IH-35 in Webb Country.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The trooper went back to his cruiser and asked Larriett to wait at his car.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of trooper
Noun
  • The discovery has revealed the final resting place of more than 200 servicemen who died when Japanese forces sank it on March 1, 1942, three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • According to Hopkins, what was left of the car was shipped stateside after the war by an American serviceman with grand plans to rebuild it.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of serviceman
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