guerrilla 1 of 2

variants or guerilla

guerrilla

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of guerrilla
Noun
Changing fortunes Nasrallah’s death marks the end of an era for a militant group that grew from a rag-tag group of guerrilla fighters in 1982 to a regional force whose influence spanned at least four countries. Cnn Staff, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025 And there is a long history of Polish women fighting for their country on the front lines, including as guerrilla fighters during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Germans. Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
That was the year that social media really started to take off, which gave restaurants and bars this megaphone to kind of guerrilla market on their own. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me. Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 See All Example Sentences for guerrilla
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guerrilla
Noun
  • Video shared on social media shows one soldier donning an Arizona Wildcat flag descending rapidly before rolling over upon impact.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Canned goods and other non-perishables had to be sent to our soldiers who were fighting for our freedom.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.
    Hans Nichols, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The case has become a classic watercooler smash in both the real world, where pro- and anti-Read protesters clashed outside the courthouse, and on social media where partisans skirmish seemingly without end.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
  • It is well established that partisans of the winning side in a presidential election become more optimistic about the direction of the economy, and those of the losing side more pessimistic.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Key workers—healthcare professionals, military personnel, teachers, police, firefighters, delivery staff, charity workers, supermarket employees, social workers, and government employees—are eligible for additional online discounts and Sorel coupon codes for every order.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Filming has begun on the four sequels to Avatar, James Cameron’s 2009 3-D CGI adventure about a paraplegic marine who lands on the planet Pandora to mine unobtainium.
    Hunter Harris, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Doomguy, the only marine with enough experience to deal with the demons, is sent in alone and makes his way to Hell, again.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While slightly less combative than Kayhan, Javan still conveyed conditional skepticism, framing Washington's intentions as unclear and demanding visible signs of commitment before endorsing the process.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Peterson did not mention President Trump or his administration's combative stance against federal judges and the courts.
    Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • More likely than an all-out boycott, say attorneys, is a new era in which taxpayers and their accountants push the envelope with aggressive tax-planning techniques that may escape the review of an understaffed agency.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Even though Trump showed signs of softening his aggressive tariff plan with an exemption last week for smartphones, computers and other electronics and floated a temporary exemption for autos, the administration continues to be amadamant more tariffs are coming soon.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, most bird watchers have never seen aggregations of hummingbirds that were not actively fighting over food or mates, but astonishingly, one species has overcome their bellicose nature to nest peacefully in colonies.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Consider the People's Liberation Army's increasingly bellicose military and exercises in the Taiwan Strait.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Guerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guerrilla. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on guerrilla

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!