jihadi
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8.9
- adjective
- /dʒɪˈhɑːdi/
- NSFW
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yihadista
- In many cases, the Syrians who have gone with the jihadi groups have done so because those groups have money and guns.
- jihadi web
- jihadi websites
- jihadi videos
And there were young jihadi men snarling at me.
- And there were young jihadi men snarling at me.
- This movement is no single thing, and it's certainly not nearly as simple or as evil Islamist jihadi as the labels that my opponent prefers.
Examples
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There were also independent jihadi clerics.
Academic text (2010) -
George W. Bush's administration endlessly compared its battle against jihadi terrorism to Reagan's battle against Soviet communism.
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And there were young jihadi men snarling at me.
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So how is it that you're working with these jihadi folks, then?
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Well, you got in some cases radical imams preaching jihadi ideology.
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While policymakers have focused most attention in recent years on jihadi websites, these attract comparatively little traffic.
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After his capture, he promptly confessed to carrying out what he called a "jihadi operation" and later offered to plead guilty to murder charges.
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I was a nerdy graduate student at the time, armed only with a laptop and a fascination with jihadi literature.
Academic text (2010) -
According to one expert, there are also some 4,500 overtly jihadi websites that disseminate the al-Qaeda leadership's messages.
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The rise of jihadi groups has raised concerns about global security and stability.
Synonyms
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6.7
Actively taking part in armed fighting or war
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jihadi comes from the Arabic word jihad, which means 'struggle' or 'effort'. So jihadi is used to describe things 'relating to' that struggle, and in modern news it often refers to militant activity or groups.