Khmer Rouge

[ kmair-roozh, kuh-mair ]

/ ˈkmɛər ˈruʒ, kəˈmɛər /

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noun, plural Khmers Rouges

[kmair-roozh, kuh-mair] /ˈkmɛər ˈruʒ, kəˈmɛər/ for 2.

a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force and political opposition movement, originally Communist and Communist-backed.

a member or supporter of this force.

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Origin of Khmer Rouge

<French Khmer (or Khmère) rouge literally, red Khmer

Words nearby Khmer Rouge

Khlyst, Khmelnitsky, Khmelnytskyi, Khmer, Khmer Republic, Khmer Rouge, Khnum, Khodzhent, Khoikhoi, Khoisan, khoja

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How to use Khmer Rouge in a sentence

So I remember well the ones I did, and the return of the Angkorian-era statues from the Koh Ker temple, looted during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, was among them.
The Loot You Haven’t Heard Of|Kate Bartlett|September 16, 2021|Ozy
Vice Media Group is facing fierce backlash after publishing photographs of victims of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime that were digitally colorized and altered to show some of them smiling.
Vice published altered photos showing Cambodian genocide victims smiling. It unleashed an uproar.|Paulina Villegas|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
But the most recent poll of the race, conducted for the Baton Rouge Fox affiliate, has Landrieu ahead of Cassidy 36 to 32 percent.
How This Election Could Go to January|Michael Tomasky|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Schulze started recording after she and her husband noticed the stalled vehicle on the tracks in Mer Rouge, Louisiana.
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Indochina, East Timor, the Shah, our brief covert support for the Khmer Rouge.
Why Liberals Should Back Iraq Intervention|Michael Tomasky|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My favorite movies were Moulin Rouge and Gone with the Wind.
A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality|Teo Bugbee|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The brutal Khmer Rouge regime has left physical and mental scars across Cambodia.
How Famines Make Future Generations Fat|Carrie Arnold|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But defeated candidates will quite agree that the game of "bleu et jaune" is a good deal worse than "rouge et noir."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, July 27, 1895|Various
You may be able to fix your hair like hers—though I doubt it—but please remember that your mother doesn't want you to use rouge.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle|Laura Lee Hope
It also imparts a delicate rosy tinge to the skin preferable to rouge.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
Just before him was the Chat Rouge, the one place in all Paris that must not attract the attention of the mob to-night.
The Light That Lures|Percy Brebner
If red is desired, use rouge; if black is preferred, use lampblack or powdered graphite.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Khmer Rouge

Khmer Rouge

/ (ruːʒ) /

noun

the Kampuchean communist party, which seized power (1975) in a civil war: in exile since 1979, dispersed in 1999

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Cultural definitions for Khmer Rouge

Khmer Rouge

[ (kuh-mair roohzh) ]

The communist movement in Kampuchea (Cambodia) in Southeast Asia. It came to power in 1975.

notes for Khmer Rouge

Led by Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, after it came to power, instituted one of the worst examples of genocide in world history. Estimates of the number of people killed under this regime vary from two million to four million.