rira

1. 1.

   a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement

   SynonymsReal IRAReal Irish Republican ArmyDissident Irish Republican Army

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Ireland · terrorism

Other forms of rira

plural

riras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rira

What does rira mean?

rira means "a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement".

How many syllables are in rira?

rira has 2 syllables: ri-ra. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for rira?

Close synonyms include Real IRA, Real Irish Republican Army, Dissident Irish Republican Army. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rira a common word?

rira is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.