| NOUN | group | RAF, Royal Air Force | the airforce of Great Britain |
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| group | RAF, Red Army Faction | a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany |
| Sounds | rae'f | |
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| Rhymes | allograph ... telegraph: 34 rhymes with aef... | |
| Meaning | The airforce of Great Britain. | |
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| Synonym | Royal Air Force | |
| Broader | air force, airforce | The airborne branch of a country's armed forces |
| Spanish | RAF, Royal Air Force | |
| Catalan | Royal Air Force | |
| Meaning | A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998. | |
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| Synonym | Red Army Faction | |
| 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 | Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRG | A republic in central Europe |
| Spanish | Red Army Faction | |
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