HyperDic: lord[s_resistance_army

English > 1 sense of the expression Lord's Resistance Army:
NOUNgroupLord's Resistance Armya quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized / terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army
English > Lord's Resistance Army: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized / terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army.
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe 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 ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionUganda, Republic of UgandaA landlocked republic in eastern Africa
SpanishLord's Resistance Army

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