KR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does KR mean? 

• KR (noun)
  The noun KR has 2 senses:

1. a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air

2. a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

  Familiarity information: KR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 36; Kr; krypton

Hypernyms ("Kr" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

argonon; inert gas; noble gas (any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table)

Holonyms ("Kr" is a substance of...):

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Communist Party of Kampuchea; Khmer Rouge; KR; Party of Democratic Kampuchea

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:

Cambodia; Kampuchea; Kingdom of Cambodia (a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946)