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REAL IRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Real IRA mean? 

REAL IRA (noun)
  The noun REAL IRA has 1 sense:

1. 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 agreementplay

  Familiarity information: REAL IRA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REAL IRA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Dissident Irish Republican Army; Real IRA; Real Irish Republican Army; RIRA

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)


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