Associations to the word «Guerrilla»

Wiktionary

GUERRILLA, noun. (now rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
GUERRILLA, noun. A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
GUERRILLA, adjective. (military) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
GUERRILLA, adjective. (marketing) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
GUERRILLA TELEVISION, noun. A form of television proposed by former Time-Life correspondent Michael Shamberg to describe how the counter-culture movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s should use communication technology to get its message to the public, because despite its strategies and tactics similar to warfare, guerrilla television is non-violent.
GUERRILLA WARFARE, noun. Combat using groups of irregular, light, mobile troops within areas occupied by an enemy force, usually through hit-and-run tactics.

Dictionary definition

GUERRILLA, noun. A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats