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Detailed Synonyms for Provisional IRA in English
Provisional IRA:
Provisional IRA [the ~] noun
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the Provisional IRA
– 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 1the Provisional Irish Republican Army; the Provos; the IRA; the Irish Republican Army; the Provisional IRA– 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 1