Definition of Khmer Rouge in English :

Define Khmer Rouge in English

Khmer Rouge meaning in English

Meaning of Khmer Rouge in English

Pronunciation of Khmer Rouge in English

Khmer Rouge pronunciation in English

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Khmer Rouge

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Noun

1. communist party of kampuchea, khmer rouge, kr, party of democratic kampuchea

a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

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Khmer Rouge

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noun
the Kampuchean communist party, which seized power (1975) in a civil war: in exile since 1979, dispersed in 1999

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Khmer Rouge

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n.
A Cambodian Communist movement that was active as a guerrilla force from 1970 to the late 1990s and held power under the leadership of Pol Pot from 1975 to 1979.

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