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.
- synonyms: IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
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