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LEBANESE HIZBALLAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lebanese Hizballah mean? 

LEBANESE HIZBALLAH (noun)
  The noun LEBANESE HIZBALLAH has 1 sense:

1. a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weaponplay

  Familiarity information: LEBANESE HIZBALLAH used as a noun is very rare.


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LEBANESE HIZBALLAH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Hezbollah; Hizballah; Hizbollah; Hizbullah; Islamic Jihad; Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine; Lebanese Hizballah; Organization of the Oppressed on Earth; Party of God; Revolutionary Justice Organization

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:

Lebanese Republic; Lebanon (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean)


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