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English noun: Tamil Tigers | |||
| 1. | Tamil Tigers (group) a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel | ||
| Samples | The Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war. | ||
| Synonyms | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement | ||
| Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
| Domain region | Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka | ||
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