hezbollah
/ˌhɛz.bəˈlɑ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group.
Example Sentences
- "There are fears of another war between Hezbollah and Israel as border clashes continue."
- "The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country."
- "Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides."