| English noun: Provisional IRA | 
| 1. | Provisional IRA (group) 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 | 
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 | Synonyms | IRA, Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos | 
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 | Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | 
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 | Part holonym | Sinn Fein | 
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 | Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | 
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 | Domain region | Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland | 
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