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Glite Dictionary
BR

BR

1 9.9
A short name for a violent political group in Italy that carried out attacks
  • noun
: BR
  • The government launched a massive crackdown on the BR in the late 1970s.

Examples

  • I am single, no children, and bought a 4 BR house.

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  • A few years back, my sister paid 21K cash for a 5BR in the Alabama farm country.

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  • Our mortgage, taxes, and utilities on a 3BR house top $4,000 per month.

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  • The BR was responsible for numerous attacks during its campaign in Italy.

  • Members of the BR carried out their activities in the shadows of society.

Synonyms

Red Brigades
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  • Offensive
2 9.9

A group in Italy that uses violence, like kidnappings and killings, to try to remove the government by force

is the abbreviated form used to name that same organization
Brigate Rosse
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9.9

An Italian group in the 1970s and 1980s that used violence to try to change politics

is the abbreviated form rather than the full Italian title

Surface Forms

BR singular
BRs plural

Etymology

BR is an abbreviation of the Italian name Brigate Rosse, which means 'red brigades' and uses the familiar English word brigade for a group and the color 'red' for their communist politics. So BR is the short name for that militant group in Italy.