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    BEARER OF THE SWORD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnappingplay

    Example:

    In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives

    Synonyms:

    Abu Sayyaf; Bearer of the Sword

    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:

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

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