br (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *Br / BR*:
NOUN	substance	Br, bromine, atomic number 35	a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens
group	BR, Red Brigades, Brigate Rosse	a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s

English > Br: 2 senses > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water.
Synonyms	bromine, atomic number 35
Broader	chemical element, element	Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Broader	halogen	Any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
Substance of	seawater, saltwater, brine	water containing salts
Spanish	br, Br, bromo, número atómico 35
Catalan	Br, brom, número atòmic 35

English > BR: 2 senses > noun 2, group
Meaning	A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989.
Synonyms	Red Brigades, Brigate Rosse
Category	terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act	The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance of	terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO	A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
Region	Italy, Italian Republic, Italia	A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula
Spanish	Brigate Rosse
Catalan	Brigate Rosse

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