noun
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a guerrilla raid (= a raid by a small unofficial military group )
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From their base in the rainforest they staged guerilla raids on Nicaragua.
a guerrilla war (= involving a small unofficial military group )
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The nine-year guerrilla war has ended at last.
guerrilla gardening
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Guerrilla gardeners came late in the night and turned the area outside the building into a vegetable patch.
guerrilla marketing
guerrilla warfare (= involving a small unofficial military group )
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Sporadic fighting turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare.
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■ NOUN
activity
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At present guerrilla activity was reported in Kyongji province, north and south Chungchong provinces and on the island of Cheju.
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He is believed to have perished fairly early in the prolonged series of guerrilla activities he inaugurated against Rome.
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At the moment of writing in early 1991, Kumana, Gol-Oya and Wilpattu are no-go areas owing to guerrilla activity .
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At the same time limited continuation of guerrilla activity would continue indefinitely.
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In real life the distinction between sheer brigandage and patriotic guerrilla activities was often blurred.
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By their guerrilla activities they hoped to generate a revolt against Rome, thereby hastening the coming of the Kingdom.
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Over 100 of those killed were paramilitary gendarmes who were stationed in the area to counter Kurdish guerrilla activity .
attack
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He said that guerrilla attacks would henceforth be directed at military targets, state companies and economic installations among others.
fighter
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At midday six guerrilla fighters arrive to help them from a military base near to their village.
forces
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Navarro's participation also marginalized the remaining left-wing guerrilla forces , who reportedly impeded voting in some towns.
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The rest of the family decided to join the guerrilla forces .
group
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All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.
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In each guerrilla group you need a nucleus of men who know, understand and trust Masud.
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The prosecution contended that Rashid had been chief lieutenant to Abu Ibrahim, leader of the May 15 guerrilla group .
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This once pleasant city of 1.5m people is now divided into a patchwork of small fiefs controlled by rival guerrilla groups .
leader
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Television stations would be expected to broadcast photographs of guerrilla leaders with offers of rewards for information.
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Death of guerrilla leader Jacobo Arenas died of a heart attack on Aug. 10 at the age of 74.
movement
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Rhee and his followers had tried to liquidate the guerrilla movement in the south but had failed.
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The democratic approach inherent in the guerrilla movement would triumph ultimately.
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Warouw blamed the left-wing nationalist guerrilla movement Fretilín for the incident, and promised an investigation.
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He was later released through Romero's efforts, at which point he joined a guerrilla movement and was killed in combat.
war
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In Parliament there was non-cooperation that became almost a guerrilla war between the parties.
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In early 1990 the guerrilla war intensified, with rising casualties among both the local population and the security forces.
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At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war , attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.
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I see now that these were just the first skirmishes in a never-ending guerrilla war .
warfare
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Their strategy seems to be widespread but low- level guerrilla warfare to discredit and destabilise the Phnom Penh government.
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He has studied the art of guerrilla warfare , he's read Mao.
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Detailed plans for Operation Mayibuye, an outline for guerrilla warfare and foreign intervention, were revealed.
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They also collected some weapons recovered from parishioners and - more important in this mounted guerrilla warfare - they collected several saddles.
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The enemy cunningly avoided direct confrontation and concentrated on guerrilla warfare .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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guerrilla warfare
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Four Western tourists held by armed guerrillas in Kashmir began their seventh month in captivity today.
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Red Cross officials condemned the treatment that imprisoned guerrillas have received.
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The guerrillas began their assault on March 8th.
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Cumings concludes that Kim was probably based at Kharborovsk from 1941 to 1945 and conducted his guerrilla forays from there.
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He is believed to have perished fairly early in the prolonged series of guerrilla activities he inaugurated against Rome.
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In real life the distinction between sheer brigandage and patriotic guerrilla activities was often blurred.
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In reality guerrilla action was largely indiscriminate with sporadic attacks on the occasional landlord, local official, or police post.
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It saddled liberalism with the problem of generals in politics and the mystique of the guerrilla .
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Porlier found his career as a guerrilla general rewarded by posting to a provincial garrison.
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Simultaneously a bomb at the National Institute of Public Administration killed one guerrilla and injured four other people.
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The rest of the family decided to join the guerrilla forces.