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Noun: Provisional Irish Republican Army
  1. 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
    - Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional IRA, Provos

Type of: foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization

Encyclopedia: Provisional Irish Republican Army