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"Irregular fighter"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (GUERRILLA).
Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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