UMAR AL-MUKHTAR FORCES

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

• UMAR AL-MUKHTAR FORCES (noun)
  The noun UMAR AL-MUKHTAR FORCES 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 Heights

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UMAR AL-MUKHTAR FORCES (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)