Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun provisional_irish_republican_army

1 sense of provisional irish republican army

Sense 1
Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)