Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See guerrilla, guerrillist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See
guerrilla .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
guerrilla .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
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Examples
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Boykoff and Sand apply the term guerilla poetry to poetry in public space to see what happens when poetry reaches an audience that will be less predictable in its response.
LANDSCAPES OF DISSENT: GUERILLA POETRY & PUBLIC SPACE by JULES BOYKOFF and KAIA SAND EILEEN 2009
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Boykoff and Sand apply the term guerilla poetry to poetry in public space to see what happens when poetry reaches an audience that will be less predictable in its response.
Archive 2009-12-01 EILEEN 2009
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The term guerilla warfare didn't come about until later -- early 19th century.
"Kill Him!" Steven Barnes 2008
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The term guerilla warfare didn't come about until later -- early 19th century.
"Kill Him!" Steven Barnes 2008
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He still loves his country, still loves independence and home rule, is still carrying on what you call guerilla tactics; and this very summer made a special outburst of guerillaism in the British parliament itself in the very heart of London.
The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal" Sydney George Fisher 1891
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As a tribute to these foolhardy souls, WebUrbanist has put together their top 5 mishaps in guerilla marketing.
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In which country was the FLN engaged in guerilla war with French forces from 1954 to 1962?
January 2007 2007
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But the problem is and will continue to be the improvement in guerilla and/or terrorist techniques.
Matthew Yglesias » Breaking News: Guerilla Tactics Work 2007
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And can you envision a scenario that would not leave behind embittered relatives who would raise their boys to be the future “terrorists” or “insurgents”, battling in guerilla warfare, using suicide bombers, kidnapping and torturing individual Americans, or whatever else they could do to hurt us in the future?
Think Progress » “Guantanamo ought to be closed immediately” 2006
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No one medium is emphasized more than any other, as the program is open to interactive or other new media, street performance art, sculpture, something called "guerilla architecture" and "urban interventions."
Daniel Grant: New M.F.A. Programs Focus on Art in the Public Realm Daniel Grant 2011
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