khmer rouge

English Thesaurus

1. a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999 (noun.group)

instance hypernym	:	foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization,
definition	:	a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals (noun.group)

domain category	:	act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act,
definition	:	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 (noun.act)

domain region	:	cambodia, kampuchea, kingdom of cambodia,
definition	:	a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946 (noun.location)

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