terrorist
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈtɛrərist/
- NSFW
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terrorista
- It was also after the terrorist attacks in Paris.
- terrorist attack
- a terrorist group
- a terrorist organization
And the line was the terrorists are evil sobs.
- And the line was the terrorists are evil sobs.
- And I have a complete contempt for terrorists that is not fake.
- And so, like getting fighting and killing a terrorist in Afghanistan, right?
- Imaginable horror that terrorists do to to civilians.
- There is going to be, God forbid, terrorist activity in our own country.
- You might be if you're, let's just say you're a terrorist that we're after, right?
- Now, I agree with you that, look, you say the terrorists violate rights.
- So they go in, clear a room, kill the terrorist, get the hostages secured.
- But he's an Islamist, he's a terrorist, He's in jail.
- And then some terrorists hijack that satellite.
- They, they were, they were the, the Chechen terrorists were being prepared by the Gru.
- But do terrorist sympathisers exist in the UK?
- That is why the terrorists will never win.
Examples
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She was not a terrorist.
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The government is working hard to investigate the funding sources of various terrorists operating in the region.
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There cannot be an agreement with a political party that is being supported by a terrorist organization.
Academic text (2017) -
You cannot reason with terrorists, you just have to kill them.
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That is why the terrorists will never win.
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I can save the world from having terrorists get this nuclear bomb.
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I was a passenger on that plane until one of the terrorists showed me the door.
Fiction book (1992) -
There is going to be, God forbid, terrorist activity in our own country.
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While the security barrier has curtailed terrorist attacks, the terrorist groups have not stopped trying.
Academic text (2008) -
In February 2006, the FBI arrested an alleged cell of three terrorists in Toledo.
Academic text (2008)
Compounds
- NSFW
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3.9
A sudden violent act against civilians to make people afraid and reach political or religious goals
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4.9
A group that uses violence and fear against civilians to reach political goals
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5.3
A group that uses violence to frighten people to reach political goals
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7.2
Planned violent action to make people afraid for political, religious or other ideas
3
7.1
A group based in another country that uses violence to get political change and is often named by a government
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8.4
A person who uses computers and the internet to attack systems and cause fear for political or other beliefs
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
terrorist = terror (transparent) = terr + or + ist
The word is formed regularly from 'terror' plus the person or agent suffix '-ist', so the core meaning is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Terrorist comes from terror, from the Latin terrere meaning 'to frighten', and the ending -ist means 'person who does'. It first named people who used fear to reach political goals, as in the French Revolution's 'Reign of Terror', so a terrorist today is someone who uses violence to cause fear for political reasons.