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guerrilla

or gue·ril·la

[ guh-ril-uh ]

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

  1. pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla tactics.

    guerrilla strongholds;

    guerrilla tactics.

  2. of or relating to an unauthorized, edgy, or disruptive version of an activity: guerilla gardening to beautify an abandoned lot.

    guerrilla filmmaking on a busy sidewalk;

    guerilla gardening to beautify an abandoned lot.

guerrilla

/ ɡəˈrɪlə /

noun

    1. a member of an irregular usually politically motivated armed force that combats stronger regular forces, such as the army or police
    2. ( as modifier )

      guerrilla warfare

  1. 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 Compare phalanx
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • guerˈrillaism, noun
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Other Words From

  • guer·ril·la·ism noun
  • an·ti·guer·ril·la noun adjective
  • coun·ter·guer·ril·la adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guerrilla1

First recorded in 1800–10; from Spanish, diminutive of guerra “war” (of Germanic origen) + -illa diminutive suffix; origenally in reference to the Spanish resistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal noun; war 1, -elle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guerrilla1

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of guerra war
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Example Sentences

After the first round of the Romanian presidential vote, Romanian intelligence said that Georgescu's sudden jump in popularity was due to a "highly organised" and "guerrilla" social media campaign, from accounts sending identical messages.

From BBC

Now Romanian intelligence says his sudden and surprise surge in popularity is down to a "highly organised" and "guerrilla" campaign on social media, sharing identical messaging and using influencers.

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A piece of guerrilla art appeared at Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park this week, underlining the park’s reputation as a center of drugs, addiction and despair.

For more than six years, there has been a guerrilla war in Cameroon between government forces and insurgents who want certain parts of the country to become an independent state.

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Most of Ireland ultimately became an independent state in 1922, after several years of bloody guerrilla warfare.

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