RPA-ABB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does RPA-ABB mean? 

• RPA-ABB (noun)
  The noun RPA-ABB has 1 sense:

1. an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s

  Familiarity information: RPA-ABB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RPA-ABB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ABB; Alex Boncayao Brigade; Revolutionary Proletarian Army; RPA-ABB

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:

Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)