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Intifada (n.)

"Palestinian revolt," 1985, from Arabic, literally "a jumping up" (in reaction to something), from the verb intafada "to be shaken, shake oneself."

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Definitions of Intifada from WordNet

intifada (n.)
an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000;
the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993
Synonyms: intifadah
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