irregular

Examples

• All

• The news reported on the clashes between government troops and armed irregulars near the border.

• Aspirations like these are common among the irregulars I have interviewed over the last couple of years.

  Academic text (2000)

• If you hear gunfire from there, you will know the Irregulars are advancing again.

  Fiction book (2001)

• His battalion of irregulars waits for his signal.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The militia irregulars were being gathered at the police station.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The Basij, a paramilitary militia of irregulars loosely charged with defending the revolution, has not been happy with the competition.

  Academic text (2007)

• The Slovenian militia, joined by irregulars, resisted fiercely, firing the first shots in what was to evolve into a civil war.

  Academic text (1993)

• Many of the local irregulars formed small groups to carry out sabotage missions against the invading forces.

• After the city was overtaken, the irregulars continued to resist by using guerrilla tactics in the surrounding countryside.

Synonyms

G

guerrilla

vsirregular

136 7.7

A fighter in a small armed group who attacks a larger army using surprise attacks

covers any fighter outside the formal army who uses unconventional tactics

I

insurgent

vsirregular

• Literature

93 8.6

A person who fights against the government, often as part of a small armed group

emphasizes membership outside the formal army who use unconventional tactics

Antonyms

C

conventional

• Specialized

123 4.4

Weapons that use explosives, bullets, or chemicals and are not nuclear

R

regular

8 5.9

A soldier who serves full time in the professional army

Compounds

I

irregular basis

4.3

Happening at times that are not regular or predictable

How Official

to soldier

1 3.8

reserve

112 3.7

militiaman

1 7.3

irregular

3 8.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology