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ULSTER DEFENSE ASSOCIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ulster Defense Association mean? 

ULSTER DEFENSE ASSOCIATION (noun)
  The noun ULSTER DEFENSE ASSOCIATION has 1 sense:

1. the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs

  Familiarity information: ULSTER DEFENSE ASSOCIATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ULSTER DEFENSE ASSOCIATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

UDA; Ulster Defense Association

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 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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