Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: paramilitaries

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Saturday as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other's bases, days after the army warned the country was at a "dangerous" turning point.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/fighting-rocks-sudan-capital-as-regular-army-battles-paramilitaries/

Furthermore, the spread of weapons in the country with the support of the paramilitaries could further aggravate the situation.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/fallout-from-this-violence-reaches-far-beyond-sudan/

“It is a fact of life that paramilitaries and the structures of paramilitarism are still there.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/03/06/ahern-calls-for-dialogue-with-paramilitaries-ahead-of-peace-deal-anniversary/

Mr Harte said while communities are “doing the best we can … the basic bottom line is that paramilitaries have a responsibility to leave the stage”.

Source: https://waterford-news.ie/2023/12/31/responsibility-of-paramilitary-groups-to-leave-peace-fund-chief/

Some sections of the press accused him of being the IRA's chaplain because of his prison welfare work, while the Sunday Express caricatured him as a recruiting sergeant for republican paramilitaries.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67298799?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

That’s remained shadowy and hasn’t really come to light, with many insisting that they were either plainclothes police acting out of official channels or paramilitaries.

Source: https://thebogotapost.com/crime-in-bogota-the-big-issues-in-the-2023-elections/51992/

The family of a couple murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in 1975 have challenged the prime minister over the government's controversial legacy bill.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66709928?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The paramilitaries and army both accuse each other of attacking first.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/news-africa/timeline-one-month-of-war-in-sudan/

Victims' campaigner Raymond McCord, whose son Raymond was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, said: "Anyone in Northern Ireland who condemns or criticises the Irish government over their action is no friend of victims".

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67769920?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

WARPLANES ON BOMBING raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitaries entered a third week, despite a renewed truce.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/sudan-truce-6056324-Apr2023/

Who are the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitaries fighting Sudan’s Army?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/africa/paramilitary-rsf-explainer.html