English Dictionary

QASSAM BRIGADES

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Qassam Brigades mean? 

QASSAM BRIGADES (noun)
  The noun QASSAM BRIGADES has 1 sense:

1. the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelplay

  Familiarity information: QASSAM BRIGADES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QASSAM BRIGADES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions; Qassam Brigades; Salah al-Din Battalions

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:

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)

Holonyms ("Qassam Brigades" is a part of...):

Hamas; Islamic Resistance Movement (a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"No pain, no injury." (English proverb)

"What the people believe is true." (Native American proverb, Anishinabe)

"You are as many a person as the languages you know." (Armenian proverb)

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact