"BLM" meaning in English

See BLM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BLM
  1. (US) Initialism of Bureau of Land Management: an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering public lands, created in 1946. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Bureau of Land Management (extra: an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering public lands, created in 1946) Derived forms: BLMer
    Sense id: en-BLM-en-name-LlQWCmzm Categories (other): American English, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 39 13 10 26 12
  2. Initialism of Black Lives Matter: an international human rights movement, originated in 2013 within the African-American community, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Black Lives Matter (extra: an international human rights movement, originated in 2013 within the African-American community, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people)
    Sense id: en-BLM-en-name-mrj3E0g~

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} BLM (uncountable)
  1. (pharmacology) Abbreviation of bleomycin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: bleomycin
    Sense id: en-BLM-en-noun-30dZMHE9 Categories (other): Pharmaceutical drugs Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Phrase

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  1. Initialism of black lives matter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: black lives matter Coordinate_terms: WLM, ALM, PLM
    Sense id: en-BLM-en-phrase-8WWijeuK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Ethnicity, Social justice Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 17 14 33 10 Disambiguation of Ethnicity: 14 7 4 75 Disambiguation of Social justice: 24 2 1 72
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