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taliban | headstamp | Related terms |

Taliban is a related term of headstamp.


As an adjective taliban

is taliban.

As a noun headstamp is

(military|firearms) the identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

taliban

English

(wikipedia Taliban)

Alternative forms

* Taleban

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Sunni Islamic student movement organized in Afghanistan in 1994 by the radical mullah (w).

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Taliban militia.
  • * 2005 , Merajuddin Pathan, quoted in Scott Baldauf, “ Taliban coming in from cold”, in The Christian Science Monitor , 2005 April 28:
    • We will deal with the Afghan Taliban' through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani ' Taliban with bullets.
  • * 2008', Raza Khan, “ Afghan, Pakistani '''Taliban diverge on goals”, in ''The Washington Times , 2009 November 18:
    • Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans .
  • * 2009', Carlotta Gall, “ Pakistan and Afghan '''Taliban Close Ranks”, in ''The New York Times , 2009 March 27, page A1:
    • The Pakistani Taliban', an offspring of the Afghan ' Taliban , are led by veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan who come from the border regions.
  • A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

    • Derived terms

    * Talibanize * Talibanistan (a region in Pakistan and Afghanistan)

    Related terms

    * Talibanized * Talibanization

    Anagrams

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    headstamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, firearms) The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.
    • 2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban? ; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1:
  • :* Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps , which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.

    • Related terms

    * ammo, ammunition * bullet, round * breechloading * cartridge, case, shell * Taliban

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