Greenpeace
Greenpeace proper noun: an international, direct-action environmental organization.
Proper noun
Greenpeace
- 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.1975, Film news
- Since its founding in 1970, Greenpeace has borne witness against environmental injustice through numerous non-violent direct actions.1983, Vegetarian Times
Examples of Greenpeace in a sentence
- Before the doors were opened the security guards were warned to look out for "Greenpeace types," not smartly dressed business women.1989, Tom Rose, Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event, page 82:
- Greenpeace had reason to suspect that recent tests had opened a crack in the atoll, causing a serious radiation leak.1990, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:
- A typical Greenpeace action in 1989 saw the organization in alliance with Spanish longline fishermen, angry that the continued use of driftnets was threatening their own livelihoods.1991, Xavier Pastor, The Mediterranean, page 128:
- But hardcore Greenpeace types never listen to reason.1995, Joseph John Phillips, Operation Elbow Room, page 30:
Origin of Greenpeace
From green + peace.
Words formed from Greenpeace
Questions about Greenpeace
- What does Greenpeace mean?
- Greenpeace means an international, direct-action environmental organization.
- How do you use Greenpeace in a sentence?
- Before the doors were opened the security guards were warned to look out for "Greenpeace types," not smartly dressed business women.
- What part of speech is Greenpeace?
- Greenpeace is a proper noun.
Words near Greenpeace in the dictionary
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