American English pronunciation

How to pronounce guerrillas

IPA transcription: [ɡɚ'ɪləz]

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Noun

Usage examples

  • The Special Night Squads fought Arab guerrillas who attacked the Iraqi Petroleum Company pipeline.
  • Many residents joined the guerrillas, who had put up camps in San Cristobal.
  • Colombian authorities began negotiating with the guerrillas after they threatened to kill the hostages.
  • Suspected guerrillas were killed; guerrillas killed Union sympathizers and suspected informers.
  • The guerrillas often went to great risks to secure accurate information.
  • If this did not help, we surrounded the village and sent in the counter-guerrillas.
  • It was also used by the Filipino guerrillas and bolomen during the Philippine-American War.