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    INTIFADAH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000play

    Example:

    the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993

    Synonyms:

    intifada; intifadah

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("intifadah" is a kind of...):

    insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

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