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IRA

abbr.

1. individual retirement account

2. Irish Republican Army

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IRA

abbreviation for

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Irish Republican Army

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

IRA

or I.R.A.,

1. individual retirement account.

2. Irish Republican Army.

IRA

(Irish Republican Army) A militant nationalist organization striving for a united independent Ireland through increasingly terrorist means; responsible for many civilian deaths both in Britain and Northern Ireland. Considered the military wing of Sinn Fein, it is also called Provisional IRA.

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Noun	1.	IRA - 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 Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos 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 Sinn Fein - an Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army 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
	2.	IRA - 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 individual retirement account pension account, pension plan, retirement account, retirement plan, retirement program, retirement savings account, retirement savings plan - a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
	3.	ira - belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) ire, wrath, anger deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"

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IRA

N ABBR

1. =Irish Republican Army → IRA m

2. (US) =individual retirement account

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

IRA

[ˌaɪɑːrˈeɪ]

n abbr (=Irish Republican Army) → IRA f

(US) (=individual retirement account)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

IRA

abbr of Irish Republican Army → IRA f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

IRA

[ˌaɪɑːrˈeɪ] n abbr =Irish Republican Army → I.R.A. f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

References in classic literature ?

Jamrach Holobom's translation of the following lines from the Dies Irae :

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The walls were all hung with black, but, instead of the white trimmings that usually set off that funereal upholstery, there was an enormous stave of music with the notes of the DIES IRAE, many times repeated.

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One thing is certain,--that there is a mustering among the masses, the world over; and there is a dies irae coming on, sooner or later.

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A recent retrospective study evaluated the safety of anti-PD-1 use in 119 patients with either a preexisting autoimmune disease or an irAE related to prior ipilimumab treatment [3].

Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma with Right Atrial Involvement in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

There is also evidence to suggest that immune-related adverse events (irAEs) associated with the programmed-death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitors pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and nivolumab (Opdivo) may be predictive of favorable outcomes, he said at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.

Managing adverse effects of checkpoint inhibitors

A recent pooled analysis of 14 phase I to III studies, including 1498 patients using various doses of ipilimumab (0.1-20 mg/kg), found that 64.2% of patients enrolled in ipilimumab clinical trials experienced an irAE of any grade.

Ipilimumab: a first-in-class T-cell potentiator for metastatic melanoma

In the fourth movement, they must play the intricate and raucous music of the carnival that interrupts the "Dies Irae" in Berlioz's dream of his funeral.

Orchestra responds well to challenges

The Dies Irae had to be one of the most hellishly disturbing of any similar movement, while the mantra-like passages of serene beauty almost transcended thought.

MUSIC REVIEW Tavener Requiem/ Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; 08 Liverpool EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE

Chase does not duplicate listings that are in his text from 2003, Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music.

Memento mori; a guide to contemporary memorial music

Committee member Pam Norman says: "It has a huge second movement, the Dies Irae, which is hugely exciting and lifts the roof off."

GO: CLASSICAL: CHOIR IS ALL SET TO SOAR

The fabulously energetic corps of vampires, proving there are aerobics and possibly even more unpleasant forms of exercise after death, stages a big fright ballet, singing spooky things in Latin ("Dies Irae, kyrie, libera me, domine!") and spookier things in English ("You've got to curse the day/It's nothing but a merciless light/So open up your arms/And then you get down on your knees/You suck in all the darkness/ And you're ready now to seize the night").