Source : WordNet®

IRA
     n 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 [syn: {Irish Republican Army},
           {Provisional Irish Republican Army}, {Provisional IRA},
           {Provos}]
     2: a self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute
        a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the
        interest earned in the account are deferred [syn: {individual
        retirement account}]
     3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong
        (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {wrath}, {anger},
         {ire}]