Br (n.)

  1. a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water

    [ Syn: bromine , bromine , br , br , atomic number 35 , atomic number 35 ]

  2. a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989

    [ Syn: red brigades , brigate rosse , br ]

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