English noun: RAF | |||
1. | RAF (group) the airforce of Great Britain | ||
Synonyms | Royal Air Force | ||
Broader (hypernym) | air force, airforce | ||
2. | RAF (group) a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 | ||
Synonyms | Red Army Faction | ||
Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
Domain region | Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG, Germany | ||