Search Result for "provisional_irish_republican_army":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Provisional Irish Republican Army n 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 [syn: Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos]