Islamic Jihad
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
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- terrorist organization instance hypernym
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Sense 2 noun
an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981
Types & categories
- terrorist organization instance hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Lebanon |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | terrorism |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | terrorist organization |
| 2 | domain region | Related & opposite | Egypt |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | terrorism |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | terrorist organization |