guerrilla war

  • 61guerrilla — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed ▪ urban ▪ Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company s headquarters. ▪ communist, right wing, separatist …

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  • 62guerrilla — I. noun or guerilla Etymology: Spanish guerrilla, from diminutive of guerra war, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra strife more at war Date: 1809 a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent… …

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  • 63guerrilla — guer•ril•la or guerilla [[t]gəˈrɪl ə[/t]] n. pl. las mil a member of a band of irregular soldiers engaged in guerrilla warfare • Etymology: 1800–10; < Sp, dim. of guerra war (< Gmc; cf. war I) …

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  • 64War on Terror — This article is about the international military campaign. For the board game, see War on Terror (game). War on Terror …

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  • 65War of the Triple Alliance — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= War of the Triple Alliance partof= caption=Colonel Faria da Rocha reviewing Brazilian troops in front of the Tayi market, 1868. date= 1864 1870 place= South America casus= territory= result= Allied victory… …

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  • 66The War of the Worlds — War of the Worlds redirects here. For the various other adaptations, see Adaptations of The War of the Worlds. For other uses, see The War of the Worlds (disambiguation). The War of the Worlds   …

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  • 67war — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ impending, ongoing ▪ bloody ▪ all out, full scale, total …

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  • 68War in Darfur — Situation in Darfur redirects here. For the criminal investigation started by the International Criminal Court see International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur, Sudan. Conflict in Darfur Date 2003–2009[1]/2010 …

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  • 69WAR AND WARFARE — TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE The methods of offensive and defensive warfare developed side by side in the Ancient Near East. The development of weapons was dependent upon the supply of raw materials, such as stone, metal, and wood; the… …

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  • 70war — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. &v. See warfare. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. conflict, fighting, hostilities, combat; see battle 1 ; fight 1 . Types of wars include: air, guerrilla, shooting, ground, sea, amphibious, three dimensional,… …

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