Guerrilla
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Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularlyand by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.
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Unconventional method of warfare characterized by surprise attacks, staying hidden, and hit and run tactics. The point is to counter the forces of a larger more powerful opponent and exploit its disadvantages.
Essentially guerrilla warfare is fighting an offensive war while staying on the defensive. The enemy is always on the offensive so a guerrilla force must always be on the defensive. The idea is to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy by surprise and then return to a defensive position fast enough so that the enemy cannot find anything to retaliate against. This is done repeatidly to undermine the enemy until the guerrilla force grows stronger than the enemy at which point conventional war can be waged. -
An irregular fighter in a (would-be or actual) popular insurgent army. It comes from a Spanish word meaning little
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The root labeling to an entity or asset of god, as such example, a guerrilla gardner, a guerrilla soldier, a guerrilla entrepeneur, a guerrilla warrior, a guerrilla records label, a guerrilla war ect.
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A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.
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