intifada
nounHow to pronounce intifada:
Definition of intifada:
- intifada (noun):
- uprising, rebellion
- an armed uprising of palestinians against israeli occupation of the west bank and gaza strip
- an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000.
Synonyms for intifada:
insurrection
intifadah
revolt
rising
uprising
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- interrupting
- interpreting
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- intelligentsia
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- insufficient
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- inspiringly
- insoluble
- insignia
- insecticides
- insatiably
- inodorous
- innovator
- initiated
- inhibition
- inherited
- influenza
- infirmity
- infinitive
- inferences
- inerrancy
- indiana
- indentation
- incontinent
- incognizant
- inclination
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- incestuous
- inarguable
- inanimate
- impurities
- impresora
- importation
- impediments
- immunity
- immolated
- imformation
- illustrative
- illusory
- illuminer
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