Noun

• S: (n) terrorism, act of 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)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• domain term category
• has instance
• S: (n) Red Hand Defenders, RHD (a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) terror (the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)) "he used terror to make them confess"
• S: (n) coercion (the act of compelling by force of authority)
• S: (n) enforcement (the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to)
• S: (n) social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
• S: (n) group action (action taken by a group of people)
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form