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ARMENIAN SECRET ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF ARMENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia
Example:
ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people
Synonyms:
3rd October Organization; Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia; ASALA; Orly Group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Instance hypernyms:
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Domain category:
act 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 fear)
Domain region:
Armenia; Hayastan; Republic of Armenia (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors)
