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Definitions of hostage
  1. noun
    a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

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  • fentanyl trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug
  • entebbe a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
  • sayeret Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
  • sayeret mat'kal Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
  • sayeret matkal Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
  • sublimaze trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug
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