provos

uncountable · proper noun

A militant organization of Irish nationalists that used terrorism and guerrilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland.

• 🇷🇺Военизированная организация ирландских националистов, использовавшая терроризм и партизанскую войну в попытке вытеснить британские силы из Северной Ирландии и добиться единой независимой Ирландии.

1. Militant Irish Republican Group C1 formal british

   A militant organization of Irish nationalists that used guerrilla warfare and armed actions to end British rule in Northern Ireland and create a united independent Ireland.

   • The Provos were heavily active during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
   • Many members of the Provos were arrested in the 1970s.
   • The group eventually entered peace negotiations in the late 1990s.

   🇷🇺Боевая ирландская республиканская группа

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