Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of fedayee.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel
Examples
“First, he allowed Palestinians in Gaza to organize irregular guerrilla units called fedayeen—“self-sacrificers.””
“Among them: the founders of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, or Army of the Pious, infamous for its suicidal infiltrations of Indian Army camps by heavily armed guerrillas (known as fedayeen) disguised in military uniforms.”
“Second, "What is missing from this account, however, is the fact that each of the persons who were shot was identified as a fedayeen (or terrorist, in Israel's current jargon) ....”
“Note that Margalit's "fact" that "each of the persons who were shot was identified as a fedayeen" is denied by the official Israeli account, as well as by the reports cited.”
“During the 1960s, Palestinian resistance fighters were known as the fedayeen or those who sacrifice for a cause.”
“fedayeen' - whose aim is to kill as many as possible and to hold out as long as possible, knowing they will probably be killed - are now regarded by terrorist commanders as effective a weapon as the suicide bomber.”
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“All religious leaders have been talking of homosexuality as a disease , but nobody talks about the cancer of terrorism that they have created by their bigotry and narrow mindedness..the taliban, the fedayeen is a greater disease that kills without remorse and we spend a fortune to show that Justice prevails carrying bugger all for those that were gunned down by Kasab and his friends.. this is the travesty of justice , a system that is a terror in itself sending the wrong message home..”
“In the years following its rebirth in 1948, the small state of Israel faced regular deadly raids from marauding groups (called "fedayeen") -- sponsored by Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.”
“My father commanded these operations, carried out by "fedayeen," (which means, "self sacrifice").”
“My father commanded these operations, carried out by "fedayeen," which means, "self sacrifice".”
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