Janjaweed

/dʒandʒəˈwiːd/

Synonyms for "janjaweed" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
armed factionarmed proxiescondemnatory

Strong matches (3)

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
militia-relatedparamilitaryparamilitary grouppejorativepro-government militiasstate-backed militias

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More general

7 entries
armed factiondescriptive adjectiveevaluative descriptormilitiaparamilitary grouppejorative labelqualitative descriptor

More specific

12 entries
Janjaweed commanderJanjaweed fighterJanjaweed unitcondemnatoryderogatoryjanjaweed-associatedjanjaweed-ledjanjaweed-linkedmilitia contingentpejorativepro-government factionstate-backed unit

Collocations

10 entries
Darfur JanjaweedJanjaweed atrocitiesJanjaweed campaignJanjaweed forcesJanjaweed militiasJanjaweed violencejanjaweed attacksjanjaweed militiajanjaweed-led operationsjanjaweed-related violence

Inflections

3 entries
Janjaweedsmore janjaweedmost janjaweed

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

More than 800,000 civilians are sheltering in El Fasher, and a full-scale battle could unleash atrocities similar to those of the genocide carried out by Arab Janjaweed fighters against African Zaghawa, Masalit, Fur and other non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur in the early 2000s.

Source: tatoeba (12893878)

Hilal has admitted recruiting local Janjaweed militias for the government, but denies personal involvement in the scorched-earth campaign that has driven more than two million people from their homes and seen more than 200,000 people die.

Source: wiktionary

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