Holy War Warriors
- noun
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Guerreros de la Guerra Santa
- The Indonesian government banned the Holy War Warriors for their involvement in violent attacks.
Examples
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Many communities were displaced due to conflicts incited by the Holy War Warriors in the region.
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The Holy War Warriors have been involved in several violent conflicts.
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International reports identified the Holy War Warriors as an extremist group responsible for several bombings.
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Many reports detail the activities of the Holy War Warriors in Indonesia.
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International reports identified the Holy War Warriors as an extremist group responsible for several bombings.
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The Indonesian government banned the Holy War Warriors for their involvement in violent attacks.
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Many communities were displaced due to conflicts incited by the Holy War Warriors in the region.
How Violent
- Literature
54
8.4
- Indian
1
9.9
∞
2.7
466
3.2
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'holy' + 'war' forms 'holy war' and 'warriors' indicates fighters, so a learner who knows the words will understand it as fighters engaged in a religious/holy war. Specific sociopolitical details (e.g. Wahhabi affiliation, Indonesian group, or targets) are not inferable from the words, but the core denotation is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Holy War Warriors joins holy war (a fight said to be for religion) and warriors (fighters). So it literally means 'fighters who say they fight for religion', which explains why the name is used for a violent group.