noun
an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Saudi Arabia, ↑Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.