| NOUN | group | Tamil Tigers, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement | a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students |
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| Meaning | A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics / tactics that target key government and military personnel. | |
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| Synonyms | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement | |
| 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 | Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon | A republic on the island of Ceylon |
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