Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (n)
LTTE (n)
Tamil Tigers (n)
Tigers (n)
World Tamil Association (n)
World Tamil Movement (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students
def currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam
def relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
examples the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war
Outgoing links
Instance Hypernym terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
Domain of synset - TOPIC terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
Domain of synset - REGION Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon
Incoming links
Member of this domain - TOPIC terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
Instance Hyponym terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
Member of this domain - REGION Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon

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