tamil tigers

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tamil tigers - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Tamil Tigers
      n 1: 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; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide
           bombing as a weapon of war" [syn: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
           , LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association
           , World Tamil Movement]