| NOUN | group | New People's Army, NPA | a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines |
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| Meaning | A terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines. | |
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| Synonym | NPA | |
| 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 |
| Parts | Sparrow Unit | A hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines |
| Region | Philippines, Republic of the Philippines | A republic on the Philippine Islands |
| Spanish | New People's Army | |
| Catalan | Nou Exèrcit del Poble, NPA | |
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