ira

Meanings

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
• 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
• belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms

anger, individual retirement account, ire, Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos, wrath