INTERAHAMWE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Interahamwe mean? 

• INTERAHAMWE (noun)
  The noun INTERAHAMWE has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again

  Familiarity information: INTERAHAMWE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERAHAMWE (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)