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antiterrorism

antiterrorism

4 4.3
Actions and laws to stop and deal with terrorism
  • noun
  • /ˌæntiˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm/
translation icon : antiterrorismo
  • As drafted, section 2339A suffers from a severe limitation that cripples its use as an antiterrorism tool.
  • antiterrorism legislation
  • antiterrorism efforts

Examples

  • Are you aware that airlines Have to deplane the luggage of passengers who don't make the flight as an antiterrorism measure?

  • Of all missions, drug interdiction appears most sensitive to underlying conceptions of threat, although antiterrorism and regional war missions are also apparently sensitive to underlying perceptions of danger (from terrorism and low-level regional threats, respectively).

    Academic text (2000)
  • Combat officers are also less likely to view humanitarian assistance, antiterrorism, and drug interdiction as important.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Or have officers begun to accept new missions such as peace enforcement, drug interdiction, antiterrorism, and the like?

    Academic text (2000)
  • The Diet, meanwhile, twice extended the October 2001 antiterrorism legislation providing for the stationing of MSDF ships in the Indian Ocean.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The Australian response to these threats has been twofold: military contributions to U.S. and other antiterrorism efforts, combined with attempts to establish "capacity-building assistance" to the wider region.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The need to support authoritarian allies on security grounds, including gaining their cooperation on antiterrorism measures, continues to act as a significant constraint on a broader U.S. commitment to democracy, even after the Cold War.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The presidents agreed that their states are important partners in combating terrorism and that a medium- and long-term mechanism for antiterrorism cooperation might be established between both states.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In addition, Turkey has significantly reduced the scope of its antiterrorism statutes, which had been used to curtail political expression, and it amended the Penal Code and Codes of Criminal and Administrative Procedure.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The federal government is implementing new antiterrorism measures to enhance national security.

Synonyms

counterterrorism
vsantiterrorism
  • Formal
56 5.7

Actions and plans to stop or fight terrorism

focuses on actions and measures to prevent and respond rather than deter

Surface Forms

antiterrorism singular

Morphology

antiterrorism = terrorism (transparent) = anti + terr + or + ism

The noun is transparently formed from 'terrorism' with 'anti-' to denote measures or policy directed against it.

Etymology

Antiterrorism combines anti- meaning 'against' and terror meaning 'great fear', the same root you see in terror and terrify. So Antiterrorism as a noun means the actions, laws, or programs used 'against' terror to prevent or respond to attacks.