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Continuity Army Council

Continuity Army Council

9.9
A secret Irish republican armed group that formed in 1994 and is called a terrorist group by some governments
  • proper noun
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translation icon : Consejo del Ejército de la Continuidad
  • The Continuity Army Council emerged as a splinter group rejecting the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Examples

  • Intelligence reports linked several attacks to the Continuity Army Council during the late 1990s.

  • The government increased security measures following threats from the Continuity Army Council.

  • The Continuity Army Council was formed in 1994.

  • Many believe that the Continuity Army Council poses a threat to national security.

  • Intelligence reports linked several attacks to the Continuity Army Council during the late 1990s.

  • The Continuity Army Council emerged as a splinter group rejecting the peace process in Northern Ireland.

  • The government increased security measures following threats from the Continuity Army Council.

Synonyms

Continuity Irish Republican Army
vsContinuity Army Council
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9.2

A group that uses violence to oppose the Northern Ireland peace process

is described as the political party's armed wing rather than a general armed group
CIRA
vsContinuity Army Council
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9.9

A secret armed group in Northern Ireland that opposes peace talks

is presented as the political party's armed wing rather than a secret armed group

Surface Forms

Continuity Army Council main

Morphology

continuity + army + council

The constituents 'army' + 'council' clearly signal an organizational/governing body and 'continuity' suggests ongoing or successor status, so a B1 learner who knows the words would likely infer it refers to some kind of military council or organization. However, the specific identity as a clandestine Irish republican paramilitary group (and its political/terrorist connotations) is not recoverable from the parts alone, making the meaning only partially predictable.

Etymology

Continuity Army Council was the name a secret Irish republican group chose to show it would 'carry on' an older army's leadership. The word continuity means to keep going and army council means the group's leaders, so the name tells us they saw themselves as the continuing armed leadership.