terroristter‧ror‧ist /ˈterərɪst/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable] 
We refuse to talk to terrorists.terrorist attack/activity/offence Twenty people were killed in the latest terrorist attack.terrorist group/organization A terrorist bomb that left 168 people dead. → guerrillaCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesan international terrorist· The kidnap was carried out by a group of international terrorists.a suspected terrorist· Coalition forces killed at least 20 suspected terrorists.an armed terrorist· They were gunned down by armed terrorists outside their hotel.terrorist + NOUNa terrorist group/organization· No terrorist group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.a terrorist attack/bombing/act· More than 50 people were injured in the terrorist attack.terrorist activity· The Foreign Office has issued a warning to tourists about terrorist activity in the country.terrorist violence· Al-Qaeda began waging a campaign of terrorist violence against the West.the terrorist threat· He admitted the increased terrorist threat was causing the security forces great concern.a terrorist cell (=a small secret group of terrorists)· Detectives believe that one individual, rather than a terrorist cell, is responsible for the bombing.
WORD SETS
car bomb, noundefuse, verbdevice, noundisarm, verbexplosion, nounexplosive, nounfuse, nounguerrilla, noungunman, noungunpowder, noungun-running, nounletter bomb, nounmine, nounmine, verbminefield, nounMolotov cocktail, nounparamilitary, adjectivepetrol bomb, nounSemtex, nounterror, nounterrorism, nounterrorist, nountime bomb, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives a full-scale flood alert
· The kidnap was carried out by a group of international terrorists.
· Coalition forces killed at least 20 suspected terrorists.
· They were gunned down by armed terrorists outside their hotel.
terrorist + NOUN· No terrorist group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
· More than 50 people were injured in the terrorist attack.
· The Foreign Office has issued a warning to tourists about terrorist activity in the country.
· Al-Qaeda began waging a campaign of terrorist violence against the West.
· He admitted the increased terrorist threat was causing the security forces great concern.
(=a small secret group of terrorists)· Detectives believe that one individual, rather than a terrorist cell, is responsible for the bombing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· terrorists acts like the Oklahoma City bombing
· The police took extra measures to protect the public against terrorist activity.
a full-scale flood alert· The accused men went on trial Monday for America’s worst-ever terrorist attack.
· The aircraft was blown apart by a terrorist bomb.
· Thirty-three people were charged with drug offences.
· Police foiled a terrorist plot to attack a nuclear reactor.
· U.S. officials underestimated the terrorist threat before the June 25 bombing.
· The nation has suffered terrorist violence for many years.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► counter-terrorist operation/team/unit etc
someone who uses violence such as bombing, shooting etc to obtain political demands: - He was attacked in Sandbach after confronting a suspected burglar.
We refuse to talk to terrorists.terrorist attack/activity/offence Twenty people were killed in the latest terrorist attack.terrorist group/organization A terrorist bomb that left 168 people dead. → guerrillaCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesan international terrorist· The kidnap was carried out by a group of international terrorists.a suspected terrorist· Coalition forces killed at least 20 suspected terrorists.an armed terrorist· They were gunned down by armed terrorists outside their hotel.terrorist + NOUNa terrorist group/organization· No terrorist group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.a terrorist attack/bombing/act· More than 50 people were injured in the terrorist attack.terrorist activity· The Foreign Office has issued a warning to tourists about terrorist activity in the country.terrorist violence· Al-Qaeda began waging a campaign of terrorist violence against the West.the terrorist threat· He admitted the increased terrorist threat was causing the security forces great concern.a terrorist cell (=a small secret group of terrorists)· Detectives believe that one individual, rather than a terrorist cell, is responsible for the bombing.