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counterterrorist, a. and n.
Brit. |ˈkaʊntəˌtɛrərɪst|, U.S. |ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌtɛrərəst|
[‹ counter- prefix + terrorist n. Compare earlier counterterrorism n.]
A. adj. Of or relating to actions or measures intended to combat, prevent, or deter terrorism; of or designating counterterrorists.
1906Boston Globe 2 Aug. 3/2 The constitutional democrats ascribe the murder of Herzenstein to the ‘counter-terrorist league’, otherwise known as the ‘Black Hundreds’, with the alleged intention of exacting from the liberal ranks, life for a life for the victims of the terrorists. 1933Times 7 Sept. 10/4 During the last two years the Government have overhauled the counter-terrorist organization. 1979C. A. Russell & B. H. Miller in Y. Alexander & R. A. Kilmarx Polit. Terrorism & Business v. 67 Despite acute embarrassment in many cases, governments did not give in. Instead, they often increased security measures and began active counterterrorist programs. 2001D. J. Whittaker Terrorism Reader (2002) iii. 35 Many of these have been ‘in business’ for many years and the counter-terrorist institutions know them well.
B. n. A person involved in activities or measures intended to combat, prevent, or deter terrorism, sometimes (in early use) with the implication that the methods utilized resemble those of the terrorists.
1906Independent (N.Y.) 9 Aug. 302/2 This is said to be the beginning of a policy of reprisals by the ‘Black Hundreds’, or ‘Counter Terrorists’, who threaten to assassinate a liberal leader for every Government official killed by the revolutionists. 1938Hammond (Indiana) Times 24 Feb. 1/5 The original attack against the publication was credited to Japanese ‘counter-terrorists’ who objected to statements printed by the paper. 1955P. Bowles Let. 23 July in In Touch (1994) 262 Tangier is full to bursting with agitators and terrorists and counter-terrorists and ordinary refugees expecting to be assassinated. 1977Time 4 Apr. 42/2 [An] Israeli counter-terrorist..who must shinny down a rope from a helicopter. 2004N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 July viii. 12/3 The news coverage..at that time depicted all fundamentalists as these suicidal killer thugs and the counterterrorists as cartoon characters who just couldn't connect the dots. |