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Noun: ire  I(-u)r [N. Amer], I-u(r) [Brit]
  1. A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
    - anger, choler
     
  2. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    - wrath, anger, ira

Derived forms: ires

Type of: deadly sin, emotion, mortal sin

Encyclopedia: Ire

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Irene Joliot-Curie
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