guerrilla

About 3.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

   The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.

2. noun A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
3. noun A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques.
4. noun A maker of guerrilla television.
5. adjective Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
6. adjective Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
7. adjective Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.

   guerrilla marketing

Similar words

guerilla partisan partizan insurgent underground irregular commando militia warfare warrior

Often followed by

warfare war forces movement tactics groups movements bands fighters activity

Word family

guerilla guerillas guerrillas