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ABB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ABB mean? 

ABB (noun)
  The noun ABB has 1 sense:

1. an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980splay

  Familiarity information: ABB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ABB; Alex Boncayao Brigade; Revolutionary Proletarian Army; RPA-ABB

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)


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