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tigers

/tˈaɪɡɝz/noun2 syllables

Tigers means: a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel.

Synonyms for tigers5

noun, as in a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement

What does tigers mean?1

noun

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a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel“the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Tigers in a sentence

  • Tigers can run fast, but antelopes can run faster.CK
  • Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.eastasiastudent
  • As the tigers approached, we wondered who would be eaten first.CK
  • Tigers live in the jungle, lions in the savanna.shekitten
  • The scientists found mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and bison in the north.araneo
  • Lots of animals, like for example tigers eat meat.Edmund
  • When there is no tigers in mountains, the monkey becomes the king.JimmyUK
  • There's a lot of tigers in the park.araneo

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