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Word entry · 9 letters

guerrilla

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"Irregular fighter"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɡəˈɹɪlə/Part of speech nounSorted aegillrruStarts with GEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (GUERRILLA).

Definitions

  1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.

Used in a sentence

  • The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.
  • From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.
  • On the other hand, after the fall of Feng Ling Tu, the operations of Central Shansi, and Suiyuan, troops were more guerrilla than orthodox in nature.

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