sls Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed
   sodium lauryl sulphate; sodium lauryl sulfate.
   
2. noun a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade
   Sendero Luminoso; Shining Path; SL.
   
   • Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths

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