Aum (n.)

  1. a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train

    [ Syn: aum shinrikyo , aum , supreme truth ]

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