In reports in America, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.
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Guerrilla
//ɡəˈɹɪlə//
Synonyms for "guerrilla" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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7 entriesTranslations
168 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
- partizane noun (irregular soldier)
Arabic
4 entries- حَرْب عِصَابَات noun (guerrilla war)
- حَرْب فِدائِيَّة noun (guerrilla war)
- فِدائِيَّة noun (irregular soldier)
- فِدائِيّ noun (irregular soldier)
Armenian
1 entries- պարտիզան noun (irregular soldier)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
Belarusian
4 entries- геры́лья noun (guerrilla war)
- партыза́н noun (irregular soldier)
- партыза́нка noun (irregular soldier)
- партыза́нская вайна́ noun (guerrilla war)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гери́ла noun (guerrilla war)
- гери́ля noun (guerrilla war)
- партиза́нин noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нка noun (irregular soldier)
Burmese
2 entries- ပြောက်ကျား noun (irregular soldier)
- ပြောက်ကျားစစ် noun (guerrilla war)
Catalan
2 entries- guerrilla noun (guerrilla war)
- guerriller noun (irregular soldier)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 游擊 /游击 noun (guerrilla war)
- 游擊戰 /游击战 noun (guerrilla war)
- 游擊戰爭 /游击战争 noun (guerrilla war)
- 游擊隊員 /游击队员 noun (irregular soldier)
Czech
3 entries- partyzán noun (irregular soldier)
- partyzánka noun (irregular soldier)
- partyzánská válka noun (guerrilla war)
Danish
1 entries- guerilla noun (irregular soldier)
Dutch
3 entries- guerrillero noun (irregular soldier)
- partizaan noun (irregular soldier)
- partizane noun (irregular soldier)
Esperanto
2 entries- gerilano gerilisto noun (irregular soldier)
- gerilo noun (guerrilla war)
Estonian
4 entries- partisan noun (irregular soldier)
- partisanisõda noun (guerrilla war)
- partisanivõitlus noun (guerrilla war)
- siss noun (irregular soldier)
Finnish
3 entries- partisaani noun (irregular soldier)
- sissi noun (irregular soldier)
- sissisota noun (guerrilla war)
French
4 entries- guérilla noun (guerrilla war)
- guérillera noun (irregular soldier)
- guérillero noun (irregular soldier)
- partisan noun (irregular soldier)
Galician
2 entries- guerrilla noun (guerrilla war)
- guerrilleiro noun (irregular soldier)
Georgian
2 entries- პარტიზანი noun (irregular soldier)
- პარტიზანული ომი noun (guerrilla war)
German
4 entries- Guerilla noun (guerrilla war)
- Guerillakrieg noun (guerrilla war)
- Guerillakämpfer noun (irregular soldier)
- Guerillakämpferin noun (irregular soldier)
Greek
3 entries- αντάρτης noun (irregular soldier)
- αντάρτικο noun (guerrilla war)
- ανταρτοπόλεμος noun (guerrilla war)
Hebrew
2 entries- גֵרִילָה noun (irregular soldier)
- פַּרְטִיזָן noun (irregular soldier)
Hungarian
2 entries- gerilla noun (irregular soldier)
- partizán noun (irregular soldier)
Icelandic
1 entries- skæruliði noun (irregular soldier)
Indonesian
1 entries- gerilya noun (guerrilla war)
Irish
1 entries- guairille noun (irregular soldier)
Italian
4 entries- guerriglia noun (guerrilla war)
- guerrigliera noun (irregular soldier)
- guerrigliero noun (irregular soldier)
- partigiana noun (irregular soldier)
Japanese
3 entries- ゲリラ noun (irregular soldier)
- ゲリラ noun (guerrilla war)
- 遊撃 noun (guerrilla war)
Kazakh
1 entries- партизан noun (irregular soldier)
Korean
4 entries- 게릴라 noun (irregular soldier)
- 게릴라 noun (guerrilla war)
- 유격 noun (guerrilla war)
- 유격전 noun (guerrilla war)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- партизан noun (irregular soldier)
Latvian
2 entries- partizāns noun (irregular soldier)
- partizānu karš noun (guerrilla war)
Lithuanian
2 entries- partizanas noun (irregular soldier)
- partizaninis karas noun (guerrilla war)
Macedonian
3 entries- партиза́н noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нка noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нска војна noun (guerrilla war)
Malay
1 entries- gerila noun (guerrilla war)
Mongolian
2 entries- партизан noun (irregular soldier)
- ᠫᠠᠷᠲ᠋ᠢᠽᠠᠨ noun (irregular soldier)
Māori
1 entries- hōia whakaninihi noun (irregular soldier)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- gerîla noun (irregular soldier)
- partîzan noun (irregular soldier)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- geriljakrig noun (guerrilla war)
- geriljasoldat noun (irregular soldier)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- geriljakrig noun (guerrilla war)
- geriljasoldat noun (irregular soldier)
Pashto
1 entries- پارتيزان noun (irregular soldier)
Persian
4 entries- جنگ استقلال طلبی noun (guerrilla war)
- جنگ چریکی noun (guerrilla war)
- پارتیزان noun (irregular soldier)
- چریک noun (irregular soldier)
Polish
4 entries- bojowniczka noun (irregular soldier)
- bojownik noun (irregular soldier)
- partyzant noun (irregular soldier)
- partyzantka noun (irregular soldier)
Portuguese
3 entries- guerrilha noun (guerrilla war)
- guerrilheira noun (irregular soldier)
- guerrilheiro noun (irregular soldier)
Romanian
4 entries- gherilă noun (guerrilla war)
- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
- partizană noun (irregular soldier)
- război de gherilă noun (guerrilla war)
Russian
4 entries- гери́лья noun (guerrilla war)
- партиза́н noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нка noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нская война́ noun (guerrilla war)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gerilski rat noun (guerrilla war)
- gerilsko ratovanje noun (guerrilla war)
- partìzān noun (irregular soldier)
- partìzānka noun (irregular soldier)
Slovak
3 entries- partizán noun (irregular soldier)
- partizánka noun (irregular soldier)
- partizánska vojna noun (guerrilla war)
Slovene
4 entries- gverilec noun (irregular soldier)
- gverilka noun (irregular soldier)
- gverilsko vojskovanje noun (guerrilla war)
- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
Spanish
4 entries- guerra de guerrillas noun (guerrilla war)
- guerrilla noun (guerrilla war)
- guerrillera noun (irregular soldier)
- guerrillero noun (irregular soldier)
Swedish
1 entries- gerilla noun (irregular soldier)
Tagalog
3 entries- gerilya noun (irregular soldier)
- gerilya noun (guerrilla war)
- gerilyero noun (irregular soldier)
Tajik
2 entries- партизан noun (irregular soldier)
- ташаббускор noun (irregular soldier)
Tatar
1 entries- партизан noun (irregular soldier)
Thai
1 entries- สงครามกองโจร noun (guerrilla war)
Turkish
3 entries- gerilla noun (irregular soldier)
- gerilla savaşı noun (guerrilla war)
- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
Turkmen
1 entries- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гери́лья noun (guerrilla war)
- партиза́н noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нка noun (irregular soldier)
- партиза́нство noun (guerrilla war)
Uyghur
1 entries- پارتىزان noun (irregular soldier)
Uzbek
1 entries- partizan noun (irregular soldier)
Vietnamese
1 entries- du kích noun (irregular soldier)
Welsh
2 entries- gwylliad noun (irregular soldier)
- herwfilwr noun (irregular soldier)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַרטיזאַן noun (irregular soldier)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
In reports in the United States, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.
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It's not "gorilla rain", but "guerrilla rain"; do you understand?
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Tom headed a guerrilla insurgency against French colonial rule.
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