guerrillanoun [ C ]
also guerilla uk/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/us/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/a member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official army forces:
A small band of guerrillas has blown up a train in the mountains.
guerrilla warfare
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- The former guerrilla leader has become the pivot on which the country's emerging political stability revolves .
- Planes bombed the guerrilla positions yesterday in an attempt to flush out snipers from underground tunnels.
- The army don't want to become engaged in guerrilla warfare.
- Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
- Invading troops met with obstinate resistance by guerrilla forces.
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Activism & pressure groups
- activism
- activist
- agitation
- agitator
- agitprop
- CND
- gay activist
- gherao
- groundswell
- hunger strike
- insurgency
- lobby
- protest
- radical
- rasta roko
- rebel
- rebellion
- reformer
- revolutionary
- stir
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Taking action against people in power
guerrillaadjective
uk/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/us/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/using unusual methods to get attention for your ideas, products, etc.:
guerrilla marketing
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Unique and unusual
- accidental
- alt-
- alternative
- alternative lifestyle
- be marked out as sth idiom
- be one in a million idiom
- extraordinary
- fantastic
- incongruous
- inimitable
- irreplaceable
- larger than life idiom
- personalize
- rarity
- refreshing
- remarkable
- remarkably
- signally
- singular
- singularly
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