Qaddafi

/ (ɡəˈdɑːfɪ) /

Save This Word!

noun

Moamar al (ˈməʊəˌmɑː ˌæl). See (Moamar al) Gaddafi

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Qaddafi

qabalah, Qabis, Qaboos bin Said, Qadarite, Qadariyah, Qaddafi, Qaddafi, Muammar, Qaddish, Qadhafi, qadi, Qadianis

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use Qaddafi in a sentence

These days, ISIS is wired; al Qaeda is tired; and Saddam Hussein and Qaddafi expired.
Why We Shouldn't Be Scared of ISIS: Threat Inflation and Our Next Dumb War|Nick Gillespie|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Libya today is a far more attractive locale for al Qaeda that it was under the regime of Muammar Qaddafi.
So Many Jihadists Are Flocking to Libya, It's Becoming ‘Scumbag Woodstock’|Eli Lake|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Obama decisively called for Muammar Qaddafi to step aside, but hesitated for months to say the same thing about Assad.
Syrian Crisis Won’t Be Resolved With the Tactics Used in Libya|P.J. Crowley|August 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When a member of the Qaddafi family wants to make your country his new home, you know things are rotten.
Mexico, a Country in Crisis, Needs a Fix the Size of the Marshall Plan|John M. Ackerman|December 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The only bright lights seemed to be those illuminating the many, many billboards of Qaddafi and his “inspirational” sayings.
When Condi Met Gaddafi|Condoleezza Rice|October 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST