Unlike other operations contained in Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF-HOA does not have a specific terrorist organization as a target. OEF-HOA instead focuses its efforts to disrupt and detect terrorist activities in the region and to work with host nations to deny the reemergence of terrorist cells and activities.
adjective. The definition of parabolic is expressed as a parable, or bowl-shaped. 1  An example of something parabolic is the lesson in Jesus' tale of the Good Samaritan.2  An example of something parabolic is a sattaline dish.INK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of parabolic is expressed as a parable, or bowl-shaped. 1  An example of something parabolic is the lesson in Jesus' tale of the Good Samaritan. 2  An example of something parabolic is a sattaline dish.
Though this section of the Lord's discourse is not so clearly parabolic as his previous instruction, it is obvious that it should be treated among the parables. Normally, a parable is a story with a hidden meaning, whereas, this discourse is clear on the surface and provides a prophetic picture of the judgment. Yet that picture is intermixed with allusions that are not literal, such as references to the Shepherd, the Sheep and Goats, an Everlasting Fire, and so forth.