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guerrillalike

guerrillalike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a guerrilla or guerrilla warfare.

Adjective

guerrillalike (comparative more guerrillalike, superlative most guerrillalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a guerrilla or guerrilla warfare.
    • The character of such fighting is defensive and guerrillalike with snipers and scattered pockets putting up a sustained resistance...1998, Kanan Makiya, Republic of fear: the politics of modern Iraq

Forms of guerrillalike

comparativemore guerrillalike
superlativemost guerrillalike

Origin of guerrillalike

From guerrilla + -like.

Questions about guerrillalike

What does guerrillalike mean?
Guerrillalike means resembling or characteristic of a guerrilla or guerrilla warfare.
What part of speech is guerrillalike?
Guerrillalike is an adjective.

Words near guerrillalike in the dictionary

  1. guerrilla theater
  2. guerrilla traveler
  3. guerrilla travelers
  4. guerrilla warfare
  5. guerrillaism
  6. guerrillalike
  7. guerrillas
  8. guerrillera
  9. guerrilleras
  10. guerrillero
  11. guerrilleros

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