guerilla

[ guh-ril-uh ]

noun

1. guerrilla.

Other Words From

• gue·rilla·ism noun

Example Sentences

The country’s National Police said the plot involved “veterans” of the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, an apparent reference to former leftist guerillas.

From Seattle Times

Rumors spread that the Belgians were planning a guerilla war of sabotage and assassination.

From Literature

In “Guitar World,” Sinclair described “the crazed guerilla warfare we were waging with the MC5.”

From Seattle Times

It claimed he established a secret guerilla headquarters on the forested slopes, siring his son there between battles with the Japanese.

From Washington Times

She founded an organization that defended former military officers who were put on trial and participated in rallies involving relatives of victims of terrorist attacks committed in the 1970s by leftist guerilla groups.

From Seattle Times