Guerrilla
[gə'rɪlə]
Definition
(noun.) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.
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Definition
(n.) An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war.
(n.) One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time.
(a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.
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Examples
- The submarine is the guerrilla of the sea. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- McCormick fought for years to uphold his rights to the invention of the reaper, but he fought a host of competitors, and the warfare was of the guerrilla order. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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