NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OF CORSICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does National Liberation Front of Corsica mean? 

• NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OF CORSICA (noun)
  The noun NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OF CORSICA has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism

  Familiarity information: NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OF CORSICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OF CORSICA (noun)

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Meaning:

A terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

FLNC; National Liberation Front of Corsica

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:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)