Daesh
or Da'esh or Da'ish
[ dahsh, dah-eesh ]
/ dɑʃ, dɑˈiʃ /
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noun
a name used to refer to ISIS/ISIL, the radical Sunni Muslim organization: use of this name is said to delegitimize the group's claim to be an "Islamic state."
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Origin of Daesh
Acronym of the group's full Arabic name, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, translated as “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (or the Levant)”
Words nearby Daesh
Daedalid, Daedalion, Daedalus, daemon, daemonology, Daesh, daff, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffing, daffodil
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How to use Daesh in a sentence
Even then, though, things remain at a fever pitch—highlighted by one mission that concludes with Mahmud and Shejk being pursued on a remote road by a truck full of Daesh fighters who honk menacingly at them before opening fire.
I had expected a bigger crowd and asked him if it was because of Daesh (the Arabic name of ISIS).
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