COUNTERGUERRILLAS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

counterguerrillas

noun

variants also counterguerillas

plural of counterguerrilla

as in guerrillas

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Noun

The atrocities committed in Chile were similar to those in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Central America, where leftist movements and guerrillas were squashed with incredible brutality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Also known by its Spanish acronym AGC, the group evolved from right-wing paramilitary squads that fought Marxist guerrillas in Colombia in the 1990s and 2000s.

— Maria Verza, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of guerrillas

Noun

Our soldiers, who have been on the front line for weeks and months, are being delivered food and water using appropriate drones with Starlink.

— Kristin Wright, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
An Army officer who fought with his superiors for his soldiers’ safety.

— Washington Post readers, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of soldiers

Noun

Colorado State Patrol troopers say not only are some drivers being charged for one DUI, but troopers are seeing issues where the same driver is getting more than one DUI.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Both the Chevrolet and Panzica came to rest in the right shoulder, according to troopers.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of troopers

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The video showed the man being accompanied by two FSB servicemen onto a plane, then in a cage in a Moscow court, which ordered him detained for nearly two months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Kelly gave the example that six years ago NIPSCO employed 230 linemen and now there are approximately 180, a 22% decrease, and gas servicemen are down from the 180 the company budgeted for just a few years ago to 143.

— Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of servicemen

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But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence.

— Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026

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