English > Provisional IRA: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | 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 Ireland. |
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| Synonyms | Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos |
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| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The 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 |
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| Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
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| Parts | Sinn Fein | An Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland |
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| Region | Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire | A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland |
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