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Gaddafi

[ guh-dah-fee ]

/ gəˈdɑ fi /

noun

Mu·am·mar (Muhammad), al- or el-,

[moo-ahm-ahr-al, el] /muˈɑm ɑr æl, ɛl/, Qadhafi.

Example sentences from the Web for gaddafi

You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.

Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness |Marlow Stern |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He said the violence now is worse than during the fight against Gaddafi.

Libya: Requiem for a Revolution |Jamie Dettmer |August 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
To the contrary: since the 2011 ouster of Gaddafi, the world has cut Libya a lot of slack.

It’s Not the USA that Made Libya the Disaster it is Today |Ann Marlowe |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Decades of rule by Gaddafi left Libyans with a collective case of PTSD, or something very much like it.

It’s Not the USA that Made Libya the Disaster it is Today |Ann Marlowe |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

It was shuttered during the uprising against Gaddafi and the staff was evacuated in the wake of the 2012 Benghazi attack.

U.S. Diplomats and Marines Close Embassy and Flee Libya Fighting |Jamie Dettmer |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for gaddafi

Gaddafi

Qaddafi

/ (ɡəˈdɑːfɪ) /

noun

Mu'ammar Muhammad al- (ˈməʊəˌmɑː æl),1942–2011, Libyan army officer and statesman; head of state from 1969