Synonyms for paramilitary
ˌpær əˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr ipara·mil·i·ta·ry

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1. paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisationadjective

   a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)

   Synonyms:
   paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation

2. paramilitaryadjective

   of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit

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1. List of paraphrases for "paramilitary":

   paramilitaries, para-military, semi-military, quasi-military, paramilitarism, vigilante

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How to use paramilitary in a sentence?

1. Jack Watling:

   Because of the institutional organizational capacity of those paramilitary groups, when Saddam Hussein fell and the repression that contained them ended, they flourished. They had the capacity to expand and to operate more overtly.

2. Union President William Sullivan:

   I would hope there would be some lessons learned. As law enforcement you're basically paramilitary and you're on duty 24/7. Your personal opinions shouldn't be in public aspects until retirement but for those 25 years you're in service you represent more than just your own opinion.

3. Edgardo Buscaglia:

   No wonder that Mexico suffers high levels of paramilitary violence that in many cases constitute acts of terrorism, such as the latest Sinaloa Cartels paramilitary takeover of Sinaloas capital (Culiacan).

4. Oleksandr Turchynov:

   The use of Cossack paramilitary groups is, on the one hand, evidence of the inability of the Russian leadership to ensure law and order during the 2018 soccer World Cup using state agencies, and on the other hand, it compromises an official FIFA event, i believe that it is unacceptable on the part of the international community to consent to these actions.

5. Antonio Giustozzi:

   Pakistan's bottom line is strong political representation in the Kabul government, there is also a concern for the long-term solidity of this representation __ maybe embedding some form of permanent power for clerics in the constitution or some de facto Taliban-controlled paramilitary force.