noun
a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
• Syn: ↑Islamic Resistance Movement
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
• Part Meronyms: ↑Qassam Brigades, ↑Salah al-Din Battalions, ↑Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions
Useful english dictionary. 2012.