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noun
The Qassam rocket, a type of homemade rocket used by Hamas militants in Gaza.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: strictly
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noun
Any rocket fired from Gaza.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal
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History
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic قَسَّام (qassām); named after Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
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