guerrilla

[ɡəˈrɪlə]

Definition:
1. A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.
2. Used of independent armed resistance forces.

Use 'guerrilla' in a sentence:

1. Guerrillas avoid fighting set-piece battles.
2. There are 18 guerrilla marketing secrets, and they guarantee you will exceed your most optimistic projections.
3. They wanted to continue to fight. They spoke of guerrilla war against the Yankees.
4. Lenin dismissed guerrilla warfare as "adventurism."
5. The guerrillas exude confidence. Every town, they say, is under their control.
6. I've talked about this a lot in the past: the practice is called Guerrilla SOA.
7. Lawrence expounded on the military aspects of guerrilla warfare.
8. Most of the people living there sympathized with the guerrillas.
9. When proslavery forces sacked the "free state" town of Lawrence, guerrilla warfare ensued.
10. A failed 1916 Easter Monday Rebellion touched off several years of guerrilla warfare.
11. In “Red Dawn, ” a group of high schoolers form a guerrilla resistance against an invading Soviet Union and its allies.
12. The Tigers, a small guerrilla force of around 5,000 fighters, have repeatedly resisted conventional attack.
13. The rebels appear to be making hit-and-run guerrilla style attacks on military targets.
14. They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas.
15. Three civilians were killed in guerrilla ambushes.
16. The guerrillas raided banks and destroyed a police barracks and an electricity substation.
17. He dismissed guerrilla warfare as 'adventurism.'
18. The government drove the guerrillas off with infantry and air strikes.
19. The guerrilla units mysteriously appear and disappear in operation behind enemy lines, without the enemy's being able to do anything about them.
20. The response of the FARC, the main guerrilla army, was a wave of attacks and ambushes.
21. The rebels would still be able to use guerrilla tactics to make the country ungovernable.
22. The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley.
23. They are fired up, but the exposed desert scrub of Somalia is not suited to a long guerrilla campaign.
24. The withdrawal marks the start of a guerrilla war, it said warily.
25. The guerrillas would fight to the bitter end, he said, in order to achieve their main goal.
26. "This is not just a guerrilla war, and it's not an organised war with fronts," he said. "it's both."
27. The guerrilla\'s job is not to compete but to cooperate with other businesses.
28. The guerrilla raised his gun, and pang, another German soldier bit the dust.
29. In those impregnable mountains, the guerrillas could hold out for years.
30. There were reports last month of unsuccessful negotiations between guerrillas and commanders.
31. The guerrilla fighter managed to break out of the room where he was imprisoned.
32. Guerrillas attacked a patrol with hand grenades.
33. Delegates also discussed transforming them from a guerrilla force into a regular army.
34. Red Faction: Guerrilla.
35. The army lorries were sprayed with machine gun fire from guerrillas in the woods.
36. The lightning conquest was followed by a guerrilla and then a civil war.
37. The rival guerrilla groups had agreed to stop fighting and settle their differences peaceably.
38. These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.
39. The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.
40. The guerrillas threatened to kill their hostages.
41. The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge.
42. The guerrillas were promised safe conduct out of the country.
43. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.
44. Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive.
45. It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack.
46. The guerrillas attack at night.
47. Guerrilla groups are active in the province.
48. The rebels have waged a guerrilla war since 2001.
49. Their aim was to block guerrilla supply lines.