Synonyms for IRA (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (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):
Provos, Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army
WordNet sense 2 (a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred):
individual retirement account
WordNet sense 3 (belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)):
anger, ire, wrath
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