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guerilla force

DEFINITIONS OF: guerilla force

1

n an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment; often rural and organized in large groups

Synonyms:
guerrilla force
Examples:
Contras
a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States
Pesh Merga
a Kurdish guerrilla force in Iraqi Kurdistan
Type of:
force, personnel
group of people willing to obey orders
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