Tigers

Noun

1.

Tigers - 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" Synonyms: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement

Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, foreign terrorist organization, FTO, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, terrorist group, terrorist organization, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement