Definition of Hizballah

1. Noun. A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hizballah

Hitlerite
Hitlerites
Hitlerlike
Hitlers
Hittite
Hittites
Hittitologist
Hittitologists
Hittitology
Hittorf's phosphorus
Hitzig
Hitzig's girdle
Hixkaryana
Hixon
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Hizballah (current term)
Hizbollah
Hizbullah
Hizzoner
Hjarre's disease
Hmar
Hmong
Hmongic
Hnarakert
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh City
Hoagland
Hoagland's sign
Hoagland Howard Carmichael

Literary usage of Hizballah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Civilian Pawns: Laws of War Violations and the Use of Weapons on the Israel by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch/Middle East, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1996)
"It will not only be Hizballah, ... and apparently in response, a senior Hizballah official was quoted the next day as warning Israel "against committing any ..."

2. Terrorist Group Profiles (1993)
"Background The Hizballah is a political, social, and military ... The Hizballah espouses an intense hatred of any influence that does not support its views ..."

3. Patterns of Global Terrorism 1993 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Fundamentalists, including Turkish Hizballah groups, issued death threats to ... The Lebanese Hizballah, Iran's most important client, was responsible for ..."

4. Wake Up the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2002)
"The Force seems to have sided first with the PLO and then with Hizballah. ... On Israel's unilateral withdrawal in 2000, Hizballah filled the vacuum ..."

5. Patterns of Global Terrorism, (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"There is credible evidence that Hizballah continues its surveillance of Americans; ... Hizballah has yet to be disarmed, but Beirut is making efforts to ..."

6. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"On February 8, the Southern Lebanon Army was to release 25 Hizballah prisoners after Iran received the first 1000 TOWs. On February 9, "all US Hostages ..."

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