Tigers

Definitions of Tigers
  1. noun
    a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
    synonyms: LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement
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    FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
    a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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