Irgun
[ ir-goon ]
/ ɪrˈgun /
noun
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
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Example sentences from the Web for Irgun
Elie Wiesel, who was involved with the Irgun Zionist underground, is a 1986 Peace Laureate.
Likud aristocrats, children of Irgun fighters, looked at the numbers and gave up on the Whole Land.
It was during this period that Zionist militant activity, both by the Haganah and the Irgun, aggressively increased.
He wasn't in Palestine when the Irgun, the underground of the right, was fighting the British.