IRA
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈaɪərˌeɪ/
- Offensive
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IRA
- During the 20th century, the IRA sought to unite Ireland by using both political and military means.
This was the Real IRA, not jihadists at all.
- This was the Real IRA, not jihadists at all.
- Talk me through the life of an IRA agent.
- The prestige of being an IRA man means more to them than what the IRA stands for, than the IRA goals.
- Now, he had already had lots of precognitive dreams about IRA bombings and plane crashes and stuff like that.
- But in real life, you know exactly who's in the IRA.
- The again, the Red Brigades in Germany and Spain and France sponsored the IRA.
- Yeah, who were Protestant basically, and then you've got the Catholic and the IRA terrorists.
- So I think I, I, I said that when Jerry Adams emerged as the leader of the IRA, many people said, oh, this is a different kind of leader.
- I was involved myself in talks between the IRA and and the British government in order to get the ceasefire resumed.
- It's not true that it can't ever be solved like the IRA and and even countries that were hostile to Israel, like Bahrain, like the UAE.
- I had, I've had a couple of IRA men on Sam Miller.
- So they go, you get the aggressive IRA right back in and they come and go.
- We had, you know, in law, we had all these PYRA, you have the Real IRA we had back then.
Examples
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It was, it was described as the biggest blast on mainland Britain since the IRA ceasefire.
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John McCoy, a member of the South Armagh IRA Battalion, described his first commander.
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Talk me through the life of an IRA agent.
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If it's not them, it's the Republicans, the bloody IRA.
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This was the Real IRA, not jihadists at all.
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And it started with concerns over IRA terrorist bombings at that time.
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He told of how and why he had joined the IRA and had come to kill people and plant bombs in a pub.
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I was involved myself in talks between the IRA and and the British government in order to get the ceasefire resumed.
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The IRA was known for its use of guerrilla tactics to fight against British rule in Northern Ireland.
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Many historians study the actions and impact of the IRA during the Troubles.
Synonyms
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6.7
A group of people who use violence to try to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.1
A US retirement account you pay tax on now and can take out money later without paying tax
- NSFW
An armed Irish group that used violence to fight British troops in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
Surface Forms
Etymology
IRA stands for Irish Republican Army, and the name uses 'army' to show it was a 'fighting group' that wanted to end British rule in Northern Ireland, so IRA now refers to that militant organisation.