HyperDic: irish_national_liberation_army

English > 1 sense of the expression Irish National Liberation Army:
NOUNgroupIrish National Liberation Army, INLA, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army, Catholic Reaction Forcea radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
English > Irish National Liberation Army: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland.
SynonymsINLA, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army, Catholic Reaction Force
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionIreland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, EireA republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland
SpanishEjército Irlandés de Libreación Nacional
CatalanExèrcit Irlandès d'Alliberació Nacional

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