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FIRST OF OCTOBER ANTIFASCIST RESISTANCE GROUP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime

Example:

GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States

Synonyms:

First of October Antifascist Resistance Group; GRAPO

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:

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

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