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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)
S: (n) chemical terrorism (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"
S: (n) domestic terrorism (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"
S: (n) international terrorism (terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country)
S: (n) narcoterrorism (the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade)
S: (n) nuclear terrorism (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"
S: (n) state-sponsored terrorism (terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism)
S: (n) terrorist attack (a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims)
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)
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)
W: (n) terrorist [Related to: terrorism] (a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities)