brigade : Idioms & Phrases

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abu hafs al-masri brigades

  • noun a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey
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aksa martyrs brigades

  • noun a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
    Martyrs of al-Aqsa; Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
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al-aksa martyrs brigades

  • noun a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
    Martyrs of al-Aqsa; Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
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alex boncayao brigade

  • noun an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s
    ABB; RPA-ABB; Revolutionary Proletarian Army.
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anti-imperialist international brigade

  • noun a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
    Japanese Red Army; JRA.
    • in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel
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arab revolutionary brigades

  • noun a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
    ANO; Abu Nidal Organization; Black September; Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims; Fatah Revolutionary Council; Fatah-RC.
    • in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group
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Brigade inspector

  • an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service.
Webster 1913

Brigade major

  • an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties.
Webster 1913

Fire brigade

  • noun a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
    fire company.
  • noun British name for a fire department
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  • an organized body of men for extinguished fires.
Webster 1913
  • a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.
Webster 1913

qassam brigades

  • noun the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
    Salah al-Din Battalions; Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions.
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red brigades

  • noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989
    Brigate Rosse; BR.
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