1. (noun)Shining Path, Sendero Luminoso, SL a terroristgroup formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splintergroup from the communistparty of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoistpeasant regime; is involved in the cocainetrade "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths"