HyperDic: provisional_irish_republican_army

English > 1 sense of the expression Provisional Irish Republican Army:
NOUNgroupProvisional Irish Republican Army, Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional IRA, Provosa militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
English > Provisional Irish Republican Army: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland.
SynonymsIrish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional IRA, Provos
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
PartsSinn FeinAn Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland
RegionIreland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, EireA republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland
SpanishEjército Republicano Irlandés Provisional, Irish Republican Army
CatalanExèrcit Republicà Irlandès Providional

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