Greenpeace

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An international, direct-action environmental organization.

    "One particularly exciting sequence shows how members of Greenpeace, a Canadian conservation group, defend whales fleeing from a huge Soviet whaler."

Example

More examples

"Greenpeace is fighting an uphill battle to save the environment."

Etymology

From green + peace.

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