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Definition of Provisional Irish Republican Army
1. Noun. 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.
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Terms within: Sinn Fein
Generic synonyms: Foreign Terrorist Organization, Fto, Terrorist Group, Terrorist Organization
Geographical relationships: Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic Of Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provisional Irish Republican Army
Literary usage of Provisional Irish Republican Army
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"... and • 17 November Revolutionary Organization— Greece.4 One of the most active
European groups is the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PERA), ..."
2. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"A more conventional campaign would elevate the status of the Provisional Irish
Republican Army, whose increasingly radical tendencies arouse British fears ..."
3. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"... collaborated with nerous non-Arab groups, including the German ader-Meinhof
Group, the Italian Red Brigades, Provisional Irish Republican Army, ..."
4. Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries by Lois Whitman (1992)
"On the Republican side PIRA [Provisional Irish Republican Army] believe that they
are the "Alternative Police Force" and the local people are encouraged to ..."
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