guerrillalike

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Etymology

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guerrilla +‎ -like

Adjective

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guerrillalike (comparative more guerrillalike, superlative most guerrillalike)

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