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chemical terrorism
(encz) | chemical terrorism, n: |
counterterrorism
(encz) | counterterrorism, n: |
cyber-terrorism
(encz) | cyber-terrorism, n: |
domestic terrorism
(encz) | domestic terrorism, n: |
ecological terrorism
(encz) | ecological terrorism, n: |
ecoterrorism
(encz) | ecoterrorism, n: |
international terrorism
(encz) | international terrorism, n: |
narcoterrorism
(encz) | narcoterrorism, n: |
nuclear terrorism
(encz) | nuclear terrorism, n: |
state-sponsored terrorism
(encz) | state-sponsored terrorism, n: |
theoterrorism
(encz) | theoterrorism, n: |
Terrorism
(gcide) | Terrorism \Ter"ror*ism\, n. [Cf. F. terrorisme.]
1. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a
mode of government by terror or intimidation. --Jefferson.
[1913 Webster]
2. The practise of coercing governments to accede to
political demands by committing violence on civilian
targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
[PJC] |
act of terrorism
(wn) | act of terrorism
n 1: 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
[syn: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act] |
biological terrorism
(wn) | biological terrorism
n 1: terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare [syn:
bioterrorism, biological terrorism] |
bioterrorism
(wn) | bioterrorism
n 1: terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare [syn:
bioterrorism, biological terrorism] |
chemical terrorism
(wn) | chemical terrorism
n 1: terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare;
can undermine the personal security of citizens; "a good
agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and
odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not
detectable until symptoms are experienced" |
counterterrorism
(wn) | counterterrorism
n 1: a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism |
cyber-terrorism
(wn) | cyber-terrorism
n 1: an assault on electronic communication networks [syn:
cyber-terrorism, cyberwar] |
domestic terrorism
(wn) | domestic terrorism
n 1: terrorism practiced in your own country against your own
people; "the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma
City was an instance of domestic terrorism" |
ecological terrorism
(wn) | ecological terrorism
n 1: violence carried out to further the political or social
objectives of the environmentalists [syn: ecoterrorism,
ecological terrorism, eco-warfare, {ecological
warfare}] |
ecoterrorism
(wn) | ecoterrorism
n 1: violence carried out to further the political or social
objectives of the environmentalists [syn: ecoterrorism,
ecological terrorism, eco-warfare, {ecological
warfare}] |
international terrorism
(wn) | international terrorism
n 1: terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who
are not native to that country |
narcoterrorism
(wn) | narcoterrorism
n 1: the financing of terrorist activities by participation in
the drug trade |
nuclear terrorism
(wn) | nuclear terrorism
n 1: the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to
cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of
fissionable radioactive materials; "assaults on nuclear
power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism" |
state-sponsored terrorism
(wn) | state-sponsored terrorism
n 1: terrorism practiced by a government against its own people
or in support of international terrorism |
theoterrorism
(wn) | theoterrorism
n 1: terrorism for a religious purpose |