guerrilla warfare

English

Noun

guerrilla warfare (uncountable)

1. Combat using groups of irregular, light, mobile troops within areas occupied by an enemy force, usually through hit-and-run tactics.

Antonyms

• conventional warfare

Translations

fighting using groups of irregular troops

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遊擊戰爭／游击战争 (yóují zhànzhēng), 遊擊戰／游击战 (zh) (yóujízhàn)

• Dutch: guerrillaoorlog (nl) f, partizanenstrijd (nl) m
• Finnish: sissisota (fi), sissisodankäynti
• French: guérilla (fr) f
• German: Guerillakrieg (de) m, Guerillataktiken (de) f, Partisanenkrieg (de) m
• Greek: ανταρτοπόλεμος (el) m (antartopólemos), αντάρτικο (el) n (antártiko)
• Italian: guerriglia (it) f
• Maori: tukipoto
• Polish: wojna partyzancka f, partyzantka (pl) f
• Russian: партизанская война f (partizanskaja vojna)
• Spanish: guerra de guerrillas f
• Swahili: vita vya msituni
• Swedish: gerillakrig (sv) n
• Thai: สงครามกองโจร
• Turkish: gerilla savaşı
• Ukrainian: партизанська війна f (partyzansʹka vijna)