Qaeda
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈkeɪdə/
- NSFW
- Dismantling al Qaeda's core, including capturing or killing its leaders, should be the top priority.
- al-Qaeda
- Qaeda terrorists
- a Qaeda leader
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Watch on YouTubeLet's not forget where Al Qaeda in Iraq came from.
- Let's not forget where Al Qaeda in Iraq came from.
- It's nothing in Islam, what Al Qaeda does, they're doing nothing.
- They knew where the leader of Al Qaeda has been for some time.
- And then ISIS came out of that because Al Qaeda wasn't violent enough.
- He had an al Qaeda manual in his bedroom.
- Countering ISIL, al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
- Number one, we didn't have any idea what the al Qaeda wiring diagram looked like.
- We had them change their name from Al Qaeda in the Levant to the Nusra Front.
- There's a culpable agent reliable evidence that this is al Qaeda.
- And out of that cadre came a small group that became al Qaeda.
- Missions, everything put together, whatever it is involving targeting al Qaeda?
- He told Americans in mid August that al Qaeda was gone from Afghanistan.
- Well, word got around the al Qaeda community that we had gotten him.
- Were you thinking about the Mujihaddin and al Qaeda and Taliban?
- It's the Islamic State, it's Al Qaeda, it's the FARC, it's the Shining Path.
Examples
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The deal made promises by the Taliban that they would cut ties to al Qaeda and ISIS.
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Our War on Terror begins with Al Qaeda, but it does not end there.
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This access allowed the United States to cut Al Qaeda off from all funding.
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We'll bring Al Qaeda to justice, peace or no peace in the Middle East.
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Most of the people in the United States know more about Al Qaeda than this guy.
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We are caught between a drone on one hand and Al Qaeda on the other.
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By mid-1996, al Qaeda was a shell of an organization, reduced to some 30 members.
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The group has regional autonomy but ultimately answers to the central al-Qaeda organization for strategic direction.
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After all, following September 11, 2001, Damascus provided intelligence on al-Qaeda to Washington that helped save American lives.
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The military launched operations to dismantle Qaeda's network across the region.
Synonyms
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9.2
A militant Islamic group that carries out terrorist attacks worldwide
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7.5
A violent Islamic group that plans attacks around the world
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8.6
An international violent group that follows extreme Islamic ideas and carries out terrorist attacks
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8.6
A violent group that says it acts for Islam and often plans attacks against the United States
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9.9
A violent Islamist group that carries out terrorist attacks worldwide
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8.9
A violent group that plans attacks in many countries and supports other similar groups
Compounds
- Slur
An insulting, joking name for groups seen as extreme or violent, often from the US South
Surface Forms
Etymology
Qaeda comes from Arabic parts al- and qa'idah, which mean 'the base' or 'the foundation', like the English word base. It was used for a group seen as a 'base' for fighters, so today Qaeda is used for that militant group.