provisional irish republican army

Noun provisional irish republican army has 1 sense

• provisional irish republican army(n = noun.group) ira, irish republican army, provisional ira, provos - 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;
has parts: sinn fein
is a kind of foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization