| NOUN | group | Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea | a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970 |
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| Meaning | A communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active / active until 1999. | |
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| Synonyms | KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea | |
| 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 | Cambodia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kampuchea | A nation in southeastern Asia |
| Spanish | Jemeres rojos, Khmer Rouge | |
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