RUF
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- proper noun
- NSFW
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Fuerza Unida Revolucionaria
- Sahr Simbo was 15 when he was captured by the RUF and forced to fight in and around Makeni.
- Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
- RUF in Sierra
Examples
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However, actions on the ground led observers to claim that the real intention of the RUF was to terrorize the civilian population while enriching itself with the country's natural and mineral resources.
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Many of these children were taken by the RUF.
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In November, the RUF and the Sierra Leone government signed a peace agreement.
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His deputy, Brig. Julius Maada Bio, overthrew Strasser in January, at which point the RUF declared a cease-fire and agreed to peace talks with Bio.
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Taking his lead from Taylor, who implemented a Small Boy's Unit in his National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), the RUF wasted no time in swelling its ranks with children kidnapped and trained to become child soldiers.
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In November, the RUF and the Sierra Leone government signed a peace agreement.
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Whatever dreams of real change the RUF had, they ended here in greed in the diamond fields of Koidu.
Synonyms
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A rebel group in Sierra Leone that fought the government, took control of diamond mines and used child soldiers
Surface Forms
Morphology
RUF = Revolutionary United Front (opaque) = R + U + F
The form 'RUF' is an initialism whose letters do not convey the group's meaning without knowing the expanded name.
Etymology
The word RUF is a short form of Revolutionary United Front, made from the first letters of that name. The name says they were a 'revolutionary' or 'rebel' group trying to 'take power', so RUF refers to the rebel group that fought in Sierra Leone and caused much harm.