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IRA n. [
Irish Republican Army, Provisional 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
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IRA n. [
individual retirement account] 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
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IRA n. [
wrath, anger, ire, ira] belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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