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intrafada

intrafada noun: a Palestinian intifada (uprising) directed against other Palestinians; an instance of Palestinian internal political violence.

Noun

intrafada (plural intrafadas)

  1. (informal) A Palestinian intifada (uprising) directed against other Palestinians; an instance of Palestinian internal political violence.
    • ABC Reports On Intrafada1989 December 4, “(article title)”, in Near East Report, volume XXXIII, number 49, Washington, D.C.: Near East Research, Inc., page 204
    • The number of Palestinians still being killed by Israelis is now surpassed by the number killed by other Palestinians as "collaborators" (the "intrafada," as one anonymous wag grimly tagged it).1991, David Pollock, “The American Response to the Intifada”, in Robert O[wen] Freedman, editor, The Intifada: Its Impact on Israel, the Arab World, and the Superpowers, Miami, F.L.: Florida...

Examples of intrafada in a sentence

  • These divisions have also led to an increasingly violent "intrafada" during the course of the Aksa Intifada.2008 April 7, Bassem Eid, “The Palestinians are under inner and outer siege”, in The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Post Group...
  • This Palestinian "Intrafada" epitomizes one way in which the primary conflict over Israel has splintered over the years into multiple political struggles.2016, Joyce S. Dubensky, editor, Peacemakers in Action: Profiles in Religious Peacebuilding, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge...

Forms of intrafada

pluralintrafadas

Origin of intrafada

Blend of intra- + intifada.

Questions about intrafada

What does intrafada mean?
Intrafada means a Palestinian intifada (uprising) directed against other Palestinians; an instance of Palestinian internal political violence.
How do you use intrafada in a sentence?
These divisions have also led to an increasingly violent "intrafada" during the course of the Aksa Intifada.
What part of speech is intrafada?
Intrafada is a noun.
What is the plural of intrafada?
The plural of intrafada is intrafadas.

Words near intrafada in the dictionary

  1. intraexperiment
  2. intraexperimental
  3. intrafacial
  4. intrafactional
  5. intrafactory
  6. intrafada
  7. intrafadas
  8. intrafaith
  9. intrafallopian
  10. intrafamilial
  11. intrafamilially

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