Definition of Hamas

1. Noun. A militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing.


Definition of Hamas

1. Proper noun. An Islamic militant organization that presses for an independent Palestinian state and abnegates the recognition of Israel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamas

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Halsted's law
Halsted's operation
Halsted's suture
Halteridium
Ham's test
Hamal
Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidae
Hamamelidanthum
Hamamelidoxylon
Hamamelis vernalis
Hamamelis virginiana
Hamamelites
Haman
Hamas (current term)
Hamasaki
Hamazaki
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Hamburg parsley
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Hamburger's phenomenon
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Hamelia erecta
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Literary usage of Hamas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians by Joe Stork (2002)
"Hamas (harakat al-muqawama al-islamiyya, Islamic Resistance Movement) Since September 2000, Hamas has carried out more suicide bombing attacks on civilians ..."

2. Terrorist Threats to the United States: Congressional Hearing edited by Lamar Smith (2001)
"He [Salah] identified the Hamas leader in the United States as the head of the institute, Ahmad Yousef [sic], a writer whose code name he said was Abu Ahmed ..."

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