Synonyms of khmer rouge

Noun


1. Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea

usage: 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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