guerilla force

Other forms: guerilla forces

Definitions of guerilla force
  1. noun
    an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment; often rural and organized in large groups
    synonyms: guerrilla force
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    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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