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  • noun a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings

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Examples

  • Daxamite power levels are identical to Kryptonians, except Kryptonians store the power of the yellow sun and remain fairly powerful for a short while even when back under a red sun, whereas the Daxamites lose their powers instantaneously under the red sun, and of course Kryptonians are only vulnerable to kryptonite, Daxamites to lead.

    Green Lantern Corps #16 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • For a moment, the colors took his mind back to Vulcan—to childhood days when the red sun had slid beneath a distant horizon, and golden sands had begun to cool beneath his bare feet.

    Killing Time Della Van Hise 1990

  • Ten miles farther up the river, when the red sun was just striking the tops of the oaks and willows on the far side, they saw the ferry moored in the shadow of a huge cypress.

    TWO FOR TEXAS James Lee Burke 1989

  • Ten miles farther up the river, when the red sun was just striking the tops of the oaks and willows on the far side, they saw the ferry moored in the shadow of a huge cypress.

    TWO FOR TEXAS James Lee Burke 1989

  • Ten miles farther up the river, when the red sun was just striking the tops of the oaks and willows on the far side, they saw the ferry moored in the shadow of a huge cypress.

    TWO FOR TEXAS James Lee Burke 1989

  • The wind was balmy and it rattled the dry palm fronds on the lakeshore, and I watched the red sun set on the horizon and reflect on the green, capping surface of the water.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • The wind was balmy and it rattled the dry palm fronds on the lakeshore, and I watched the red sun set on the horizon and reflect on the green, capping surface of the water.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • The wind was balmy and it rattled the dry palm fronds on the lakeshore, and I watched the red sun set on the horizon and reflect on the green, capping surface of the water.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • The wind was balmy and it rattled the dry palm fronds on the lakeshore, and I watched the red sun set on the horizon and reflect on the green, capping surface of the water.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • Nestor, who had lived so long and seen so much, the hours glided swiftly by, and the red sun was stooping to the horizon when Mentor rose from his seat and said: "We must be going; the hour of rest is at hand, and to-morrow we have far to go."

    Stories from the Odyssey

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