September 11 attacks

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• The shock of the September 11 attacks may well have done more damage than even al-Qaeda had imagined possible.

  Academic text (2004)

• Maybe it is the fear resulting from the horror of the September 11 attacks?

  Blog text (11)

• The September 11 attacks have shocked the entire world.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Our response to the September 11 attacks has proved even more momentous than it seemed at the time.

  Academic text (2007)

• The counterterrorist financing environment changed dramatically in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

  Academic text (2008)

• Attendance was plummeting at the year-old theater in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

  Blog text (29)

• On November 26, 2002, the 9/11 Commission first met to prepare a report on the September 11 attacks, the lapses in intelligence that enabled them to take place, and the role of the various arms of the government to prevent terrorism in the future.

  Academic text (2011)

• While Turkish-Iraqi relations were improving quickly and the Turkish decision-makers and businessmen were expecting the end of the sanctions, the September 11 attacks and the US invasion of Iraq complicated Turkey's political and consequently economic relations with Iraq.

  Academic text (2005)

• The September 11 attacks resulted in thousands of lives lost and changed the course of U.S. history.

• Many new security measures were implemented in airports following the September 11 attacks.

Synonyms

S

Sept. 11

vsSeptember 11 attacks

18 4.4

A day in 2001 when terrorists attacked New York and Washington

is the full worded description rather than an abbreviated date form

S

September 11

vsSeptember 11 attacks

3 3.8

A day in 2001 when terrorists attacked the United States, destroying the World Trade Center and damaging the Pentagon

is the same idea but emphasizes the specific violent incidents themselves

9

9/11

vsSeptember 11 attacks

1 4.4

Terrorist attacks on September 11 2001 in the US when hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon

is written using full month and day words rather than a numeric form

9

9-11

vsSeptember 11 attacks

1 3.5

Terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the United States when hijacked planes hit important buildings

is written in full words instead of a numeric hyphenated form

E

event of 9/11

vsSeptember 11 attacks

1 4.6

Terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001 that killed many people and changed world politics

is a factual description of the attacks without stressing wider consequences

S

Sep 11

vsSeptember 11 attacks

4.4

The day when terrorists used hijacked planes to attack the United States in 2001

is expressed with full month and day words rather than an abbreviation

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