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Tigers
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Tigers - 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 that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war"Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movementact of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fearDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Ceylon - a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 |
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Tigers
Synonyms for Tigersnoun a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil studentsSynonyms- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- LTTE
- Tamil Tigers
- World Tamil Association
- World Tamil Movement
Related Words- act of terrorism
- terrorism
- terrorist act
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka
- Ceylon
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