Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Opposed to guerrillas and their warfare.
Etymologies
- counter- + guerrilla (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Donovan organized an intelligence unit in the army and the Green Berets he scouted at Fort Bragg arrived to train Thai soldiers in counterguerrilla tactics.”
“The campaign would be held up by its supporters as a “model of counterguerrilla warfare” and by its detractors as one of the most harsh and cruel campaigns in American history.”
“It was not examined seriously at West Point or the Army War College, and the U.S. military jettisoned just about anything to do with counterinsurgency—all those counterguerrilla, “little-war” tactics and doctrines so romantically invoked during the Kennedy years.”
“I think they of course are looking for material support, especially for technical counterguerrilla programs.”
“But if Washington follows through on its recent pledge to use U.S. military aid to Colombia for counterguerrilla operations instead of restricting it to anti-drug ops, he stands a chance.”
“Several "conventional" wars have been fought over it, and "unconventional" guerrilla and counterguerrilla warfare has been in progress for decades, and it has more than once been the occasion for a short-fuse nuclear confrontation.”
“The BLIs were lightly armed, highly mobile, quick-reaction forces trained in counterguerrilla tactics.”
“We have the military that is some of the best counterguerrilla, counterterrorist forces in the world, that provides advice to some of these other fledgling countries of military capabilities that are a lesser degree of prowess, and it nips it in the bud early.”
“He said everything is going on here: counterterror, counterinsurgency, counterguerrilla.”
“In counterguerrilla situations, the station is within the battalion operational base.”
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