Definitions of Irish Republican Army
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a 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 Irelandsynonyms: IRA, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provosexample of:FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organizationa political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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