the IRAnoun [ + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌaɪ.ɑːrˈeɪ/us/ˌaɪ.ɑːrˈeɪ/abbreviation for the Irish Republican Army: an illegal organization that wants Northern Ireland to be politically independent of the UK and united with the Republic of Ireland, and that has fought for this aim with terrorism in the past
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Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- insurgent
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- mutiny
- overthrow
- palace coup
- poacher
- put sth down 1
- ringleader
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- ungovernable
- uprising
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