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LOYALIST VOLUNTEER FORCE

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LOYALIST VOLUNTEER FORCE (noun)
  The noun LOYALIST VOLUNTEER FORCE has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peaceplay

  Familiarity information: LOYALIST VOLUNTEER FORCE used as a noun is very rare.


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LOYALIST VOLUNTEER FORCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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:

Northern Ireland (a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland)


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