guerrilla leader

collocation in English

meaningsofguerrillaandleader

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guerrilla
noun[C]
uk
/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/us
/ɡəˈrɪl.ə/
a member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official ...
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leader
noun[C]
uk
/ˈliː.dər/us
/ˈliː.dɚ/
a person in control of a group, country, ...
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(Definition ofguerrillaandleaderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Whether as aguerrillaleader, or as a general conducting regular war in the mountains, he proved unconquerable.
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The note was eventually smuggled to the wife of aguerrillaleader.
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Guerrero was aguerrillaleaderwho had for years lived and fought against the same soldiers who were trying to capture him.
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However, civilians, and perhaps also rank-and-file guerrillas, confronted guerrilla leaders with demands to end witchcraft.
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Guerrilla leaders in the area tended to regard civilian claims about witchcraft with suspicion and not all of them believed in the powers of witchcraft.
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Several student leaders went on to become guerrilla leaders during the 1970s.
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Since the ensuing resentment of other civilians can undercut their support for the rebellion, guerrilla leaders may have to exert more direct control over participatory structures than they preferred.
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Most people declared that witchcraft trials stopped after some years as the guerrilla leaders no longer accepted the claims and the risks of retaliation for civilian accusers became too high.
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The second task was to convince the people that all those involved in human rights violations could be tried, not just the guerrilla leaders.
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Indomitable patriots take different paths; quislings and collaborationists of all kinds abound; guerrilla leaders, each with their personal followers, quarrel and fight.
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He described the talks with guerrilla leaders as positive, and hoped that those talks would contribute to national reconciliation.
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But others saw it as genuine and a product of the guerrilla leader's intelligence.
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He also pardoned some guerrilla leaders on the grounds of national reconciliation.
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