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▸ noun: 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")
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intifada

/intifaad /
• noun the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip,
beginning in 1987.
— ORIGIN Arabic.
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intifada Definition
in·ti·fada (in′tə fä′də)
noun
an uprising; specif., the insurrection of Palestinian Arabs, begun in 1987, against Israeli military
forces in the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and the west bank of the Jordan
also sp. intifadeh in′·ti·fa′·deh
Etymology: Ar intifāḍa, lit., a shudder, shaking off < nafaḍa, to shake
intifada Usage Examples
Converse of object

· end: The first intifada ended in 1993 on the promise of a comprehensive peace deal.
Adjective modifier

· second: Average fatalities per month Graph 1 plots the average death toll per month
 during the second intifada.

· current: Since the start of the current intifada in September 2000, closure has intensified
dramatically.

· third: Eventually, with aid cut off and no hope of negotiations, Hamas will revert to terror
and the third intifada will begin.
Modifies a noun
Preposition: in
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in⋅ti⋅fa⋅da

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–noun
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in·ti·fa·da also in·ti·fa·dah (ĭn'tə-fä'də) Pronunciation Key
n. An uprising among Palestinian Arabs of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, beginning in late 1987
and continuing sporadically into the early 1990s, in protest against continued Israeli occupation
of these territories.

[Arabic intifāḍa, shudder, awakening, uprising, from intifaḍa, to be shaken, wake up,

derived stem of nafaḍa, to shake; see np in Semitic

roots.]

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Intifada
"Palestinian revolt," 1985, from Arabic, lit. "a jumping up" (in reaction to something), from the
verb intafada "to be shaken, shake oneself."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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intifada

noun
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"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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intifada [(in-tuh-fah-duh)]

Arabic for uprising. Starting in 1987, Palestinians have engaged in an intermittent intifada
against Israel on the West Bank and Gaza Strip in their pursuit of a Palestinian state.
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