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CIRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does CIRA mean?
• CIRA (noun)
The noun CIRA has 1 sense:
1. a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
Familiarity information: CIRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
CIRA; Continuity Army Council; Continuity Irish Republican Army
Instance hypernyms:
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Domain region:
Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)
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