The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GUERRILLA
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More clues leading to the result GUERRILLA
- Irregular rule a girl violated
- Somehow lure a girl, a freedom fighter?
- Irregular mostly out to install Left?
- Beastly sounding tactics
- Irregular glue ear? Dr will clean occasionally
- A month back, foul up badly in it? That’s irregular
- Rule a girl breaks for freedom fighter
- Irregular for the most part involved with Left?
- Bandit, familiar figure in jungle reportedly
- Irregular, finally swapping sides, shot another irregular
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What does GUERRILLA mean?
GUERRILLA noun- A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
- A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
- Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
- Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.