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Khmer Rouge [ruːʒ] n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Kampuchean communist party, which seized power (1975) in a civil war: in exile since 1979, dispersed in 1999 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Khmer Rouge pl → Rote Khmer pl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I never met the late Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok, but I knew many of his followers and was consistently amazed by their loyalty to a man we considered one of the most vile members of the Khmer Rouge. The communist experiment conducted under Mao's direction by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia might be considered to represent the extreme version of such totalitarian control. In Cambodia under the genocidal Khmer Rouge, an estimated 80 percent of the country's professional dancers perished and their classical dances were banned. |
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