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CATHOLIC REACTION FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Catholic Reaction Force mean? 

CATHOLIC REACTION FORCE (noun)
  The noun CATHOLIC REACTION FORCE has 1 sense:

1. a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Irelandplay

  Familiarity information: CATHOLIC REACTION FORCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATHOLIC REACTION FORCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Catholic Reaction Force; INLA; Irish National Liberation Army; People's Liberation Army; People's Republican Army

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)


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