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FORCES OF UMAR AL-MUKHTAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar mean? 

FORCES OF UMAR AL-MUKHTAR (noun)
  The noun FORCES OF UMAR AL-MUKHTAR has 1 sense:

1. a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heightsplay

  Familiarity information: FORCES OF UMAR AL-MUKHTAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORCES OF UMAR AL-MUKHTAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar; Umar al-Mukhtar Forces

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:

Palestine (a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948)


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