islamic jihad

Noun islamic jihad has 2 senses

• islamic jihad(n = noun.group) hezbollah, hizballah, hizbollah, hizbullah, islamic jihad for the liberation of palestine, lebanese hizballah, organization of the oppressed on earth, party of god, revolutionary justice organization - a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon; Array
is a kind of foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization

• islamic jihad(n = noun.group) al-jihad, egyptian islamic jihad, vanguards of conquest - an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
is a kind of foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization