- a member of a small group of soldiers who are not part of an official army and who fight against official soldiers, usually to try to change the government
- urban guerrillas (= those who fight in towns)
- guerrilla war/warfare (= fought by guerrillas on one or both sides)
- a guerrilla movement
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1- Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters.
- Seven soldiers and two guerrillas were killed after an attack on a border post.
- Sporadic fighting soon turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare.
- The guerrilla group denied any involvement in the assassination.
- The peace talks have put an end to the 17-year guerrilla war.
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Word Originearly 19th cent. (introduced during the Peninsular War): from Spanish, diminutive of guerra ‘war’.Want to learn more?
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