troubles

name

1. (Ireland, historical, plural, plural-only)The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

   “Under McGlinchey's leadership, the INLA committed several atrocities and murders during the Troubles, resulting in the Co Derry native's imprisonment both north and south of the border.”

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of trouble

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of trouble