Signs & Symptoms. Fainting is a brief loss of consciousness. It can last from seconds to 30 minutes. Just before fainting, a person may feel a sense of dread, feel dizzy, see spots, and have nausea. If a person falls and canât remember the fall itself, he or she has fainted.
guerrilla - a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment. guerrilla. noun freedom fighter, partisan, irregular, underground fighter, member of the underground or resistance The guerrillas threatened to kill their hostages.
A masked Iraqi Shi'ite militiaman with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher runs across a street in. Â© Ali JasimReuters/Corbis. The type of armed conflict known as guerrilla warfare is fought by guerrillas, or irregularscombatants who are not members of a government's military or police forces.