INTIFADA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000

Example:

the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993

Synonyms:

intifada; intifadah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("intifada" is a kind of...):

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

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