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JABAT AL-TAHRIR AL-FILISTINIYYAH

Dictionary entry overview: What does Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah mean?

• JABAT AL-TAHRIR AL-FILISTINIYYAH (noun)
The noun JABAT AL-TAHRIR AL-FILISTINIYYAH has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border

Familiarity information: JABAT AL-TAHRIR AL-FILISTINIYYAH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• JABAT AL-TAHRIR AL-FILISTINIYYAH (noun)

Sense 1

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah; Palestine Liberation Front; PLF

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 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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