axis of resistance
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative letter-case form of axis of resistance.
name
An Iranian-led, anti-American, anti-Zionist, Shiite Islamist coalition in the Middle East whose significant participants include the IRGC, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.
Example Sentences
- "The news agency said Assad and Jalili discussed their two countries' "strategic cooperation relationship" and "attempts by some Western countries and their allies to strike at the axis of resistance by targeting Syria and supporting terrorism there.""
- "Oddly, the Islamic Republic claims that Israel “lost five wars with the Axis of Resistance since the July 2006 war with the Lebanese resistance.”"
- "Iran’s axis of resistance consists of a network of political parties and armed groups that span Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen."
- "The Houthis have fought and largely won a nine-year civil war against Yemen’s government — which is supported by Riyadh. They are thought to be one of the members of the axis of resistance most closely controlled by Iran."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
the axis of resistance (canonical)