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ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Army for the Liberation of Rwanda mean?
• ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA (noun)
The noun ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA has 1 sense:
1. a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
Familiarity information: ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
ALIR; Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; FAR; Former Armed Forces; Interahamwe
Context example:
in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists
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:
Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)
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