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

1 sense of real irish republican army

Sense 1
Real IRA, Real Irish Republican Army, RIRA, Dissident Irish Republican Army -- (a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)