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khmer rouge
noun()
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
Synonyms: communist party of kampuchea, kr, party of democratic kampuchea,

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