Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; 
 seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; 
 works in small underground cells; 
- Example: "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"[syn: al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
al-Jihad
    n 1: an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s;
         seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it
         with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells;
         "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination
         of Anwar Sadat in 1981" [syn: al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic
         Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest]