Meaning of IRA in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌaɪɑrˈeɪ/

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  1. Noun

    IRA

    Definitions

    1. 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
  2. 2. a self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement

    Examples

    • « taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred »
  3. 3. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. »
    Gerry Adams
  • « September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible. »
    Doris Lessing
  • « But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based. »
    Seamus Heaney
  • « For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. »
    Gerry Adams

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