fatah
- n a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
faucial tonsil
- n either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
fatah-rc
- n a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
fatah revolutionary council
- n a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
fatah tanzim
- n a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
fatalism
- n a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
- n a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
fatality
- n a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
- n the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
fatality rate
- n the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year