{
    "term": "guerrilla",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a member of a small group of soldiers who are not part of an official army and who fight against official soldiers, usually to try to change the government",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "urban guerrillas *(= those who fight in towns)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**guerrilla war/warfare** *(= fought by guerrillas* on one or both sides)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a guerrilla movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seven soldiers and two guerrillas were killed after an attack on a border post."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sporadic fighting soon turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guerrilla group denied any involvement in the assassination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The peace talks have put an end to the 17-year guerrilla war."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["armed", "urban", "communist"],
                "guerrilla + noun": ["army", "band", "force"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəˈrɪlə/",
                "audio": "gu/guerrilla/guerrilla__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəˈrɪlə/",
                "audio": "gu/guerrilla/guerrilla__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (introduced during the Peninsular War): from Spanish, diminutive of guerra ‘war’."
}