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Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.
B. H. Liddell Hart

Meaning of "guerrilla war" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GUERRILLA WAR

guerrilla war  [ɡəˈrɪlə wɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUERRILLA WAR

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Guerrilla war is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GUERRILLA WAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

guerrilla war

Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants such as armed civilians or irregulars use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

Definition of guerrilla war in the English dictionary

The definition of guerrilla war in the dictionary is a war between an established army and a guerrilla group.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUERRILLA WAR


antiwar
ˌæntɪˈwɔː
awa´
əˈwɔː
cyberwar
ˈsaɪbəˌwɔː
jowar
dʒəˈwɔː
men-of-war
ˌmenəˈwɔː
prewar
ˌpriːˈwɔː
psywar
ˈsaɪˌwɔː
squaw
skwɔː
swore
swɔː
twa
twɔː
war
wɔː
Waugh
wɔː
waw
wɔː
wha
hwɔː
wore
wɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUERRILLA WAR

guerdon
guereza
Guericke
gueridon
guerilla
guerilla gig
guerite
Guernica
Guernsey
Guernsey lily
Guerrero
guerrilla
guerrilla financing
guerrilla group
guerrilla warfare
guerrillero
Guesclin
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guessable
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WORDS THAT END LIKE GUERRILLA WAR

air war
bidding war
civil war
cold war
council of war
declaration of war
dirty war
fare war
flame war
ground war
holy war
honours of war
man o´ war
opium war
prisoner of war
sloop of war
state of war
theatre of war
trade war
turf war

Synonyms and antonyms of guerrilla war in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «guerrilla war» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUERRILLA WAR

Find out the translation of guerrilla war to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of guerrilla war from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guerrilla war» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

游击战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guerra de guerrillas
570 millions of speakers

English

guerrilla war
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुरिल्ला युद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرب العصابات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

партизанская война
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guerra de guerrilha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গেরিলা যুদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guerre de guérilla
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perang gerila
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Guerilla
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゲリラ戦
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

게릴라 전쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perang gerilya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiến tranh du kích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொரில்லா போர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गमिनी युध्द युद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerilla savaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guerra di guerriglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wojna partyzancka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

партизанська війна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

război de gherilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανταρτοπόλεμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

guerrilla-oorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gerillakrig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geriljakrig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guerrilla war

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUERRILLA WAR»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUERRILLA WAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about guerrilla war

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QUOTES WITH «GUERRILLA WAR»

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B. H. Liddell Hart
Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUERRILLA WAR»

Discover the use of guerrilla war in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guerrilla war and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War: Peasant Voices
In this study of political mobilization and organization in Zimbabwe's recent rural-based war of independence, Norma Kriger is interested in the extent to which ZANU guerrillas were able to mobilize peasant support, the reasons why peasants ...
Norma J. Kriger, 2008
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Inside War : The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the ...
Robbery, arson, torture, murder, swift and bloody raids on farms and settlements--these were the ingredients of the conflict. Approaching total war, the fighting engulfed the populace and challenged any notion of civility.
Michael Fellman Professor of History Simon Fraser University, 1989
3
Fighting to Learn: Popular Education and Guerrilla War in El ...
Hammond interviewed more than 100 Salvadoran students and teachers for this book.
John L. Hammond, 1998
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The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat ...
In The Fatal Knot, John Tone recounts the events of this conflict from the perspective of the Spanish guerrillas, whose story has long been ignored in histories centered on Wellington and the French marshals.
John Lawrence Tone, 1994
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On Guerrilla Warfare
This book analyzes the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers its implications for American policy.
Mao Tse-Tung, Zedong Mao, 1961
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Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from ...
Describes the history of unconventional and nontraditional warfare from the nomads used by Alexander the Great to the shadowy modern battlefields of the post-9/11 era and featuring a diverse cast of historical tacticians and revolutionaries ...
Max Boot, 2013
7
The Red Book of Guerrilla Warfare
This special edition contains the two most important essays by Mao on guerrilla warfare tactics in a new, completely uncensored format.
Mao Zedong, Shawn Conners, 2010
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Confederate Guerrilla: The Civil War Memoir of Joseph M. Bailey
Joseph M. Baileyas memoir, Confederate Guerrilla, provides a unique perspective on the fighting that took place behind Union lines in Federal-occupied northwest Arkansas during and after the Civil War.
Joseph Marion Bailey, T. Lindsay Baker, 2007
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Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save ...
In this hard-hitting look at the way media and government conspire to protect the status quo, a controversial ambush journalist shows readers what happens when a young citizen journalist challenges some of America's most powerful and ...
James O'Keefe, 2013
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Peasant Consciousness and Guerilla War in Zimbabwe: A ...
Mau Mau was in many ways similar to the guerrilla war in Zimbabwe's peasant areas. If Mau Mau failed it was not so much because of its supernaturalism as such but because its cultural nationalism was too narrow; because it had no external ...
Terence O. Ranger, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUERRILLA WAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guerrilla war is used in the context of the following news items.
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News Analysis: Resumption of peace talks between Philippine gov't …
The NPA, which has been waging a guerrilla war against the Philippine government for the past 45 years, is considered as one of the world's ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
2
PR Heroes v. People's Heroes: the Example of Comrade Freedom
... at 15 to join the liberation forces who were waging a guerrilla war against the Rhodesian government from the jungles of Mozambique. In the ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
3
Poor Museveni, he never met a voter he could trust | NTV
Those elections were hopelessly rigged, and one of the reasons why Museveni went to the bush to start a guerrilla war. Museveni was leader of ... «NTV Uganda, Jul 15»
4
Catastrophe demands heroes
In Arkansas the guerrilla war had been so vicious that several counties were denuded of people. Returning Confederates were embittered, ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
5
Uganda detain two presidential hopefuls
Following his rise to power following a guerrilla war, President Museveni said he would not rule like some African leaders who kept power for ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
6
Bombs are back | The Economist
Nigeria's insurgency. Bombs are back. The jihadists have switched from holding towns to waging guerrilla war. Jul 11th 2015 | LAGOS | From the print edition. «The Economist, Jul 15»
7
Where will all the weary Taliban fighters go?
Over decades of guerrilla war, Colombia's armed bands of all allegiances were slowly drained of their ideological commitments, eventually ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
8
UN report: Syria faces worst refugee crisis in recent history
By that time some 4.5 million Afghans had been driven from their homes by a decade-long guerrilla war, which, like that in Syria, was also ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
9
Islamic State using new media, older blueprint to fight the West from …
This pattern of self-actuated guerrilla war is known as “leaderless resistance." In my 2003 doctoral dissertation and a 2010 book, The Phinehas ... «The Conversation US, Jul 15»
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Greek troubles prompt Macedonia NATO push
The KLA represents ethnic Albanians who fought a guerrilla war against Serbia in the '90s; Albanians make up around a quarter of ... «Politico, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Guerrilla war [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/guerrilla-war>. Apr 2024 ».
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