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BAADER-MEINHOF GANG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977
Synonyms:
Baader-Meinhof Gang; Baader Meinhof Gang
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:
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)