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    ALIR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control againplay

    Example:

    in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists

    Synonyms:

    ALIR; Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; FAR; Former Armed Forces; Interahamwe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    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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