guerrilla
Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small…Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
» Guerrilla gardening is gardening on another person's land without permission.
Партизанське садівництво — це озеленення території, що належить іншій особі, без її дозволу. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
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3 sensesRelating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.
guerrilla marketing
guerrilla tourism
Examples
9 sentencesGuerrilla gardening is gardening on another person's land without permission.
Партизанське садівництво — це озеленення території, що належить іншій особі, без її дозволу. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
In reports in America, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.
deIn amerikanischen Berichten wird der Guerilla-Widerstand des irakischen Militärs als Terrorismus bezeichnet. — jakov
Our troops were constantly attacked by the guerrillas.
ruНа наши войска постоянно нападали повстанцы. — Eugenia
He was waylaid by a band of guerrillas.
ruЕго подстерегла группа партизан. — Wezel
It's not "gorilla rain", but "guerrilla rain"; do you understand?
deEs heißt nicht „Gorilla-Platzregen“, sondern „Guerilla-Platzregen“. Verstehst du? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the PeninsulaBorrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.
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Forms
more guerrilla, most guerrilla| Comparative | more guerrilla Lesson |
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| Superlative | most guerrilla Lesson |
regular
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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