| 单词 | terrorist act |
| 释义 | terrorist act (once / 28828 pages) n WORD FAMILY terrorist act: terrorist acts USAGE EXAMPLESRussia confirmed that a “terrorist act” brought down the plane over Egypt’s Sinai desert. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Markets elsewhere in Germany should stay open, authorities said, echoing Ms. Merkel’s determination that alleged terrorist acts shouldn’t be allowed to subvert normal life. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) Russia called the killing a terrorist act and said it would bring up the episode with the United Nations Security Council. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) n the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper act of terrorism, terrorism Red Hand Defenders a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder September 11the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs biological terrorism, bioterrorism terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare chemical terrorismterrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can undermine the personal security of citizens cyber-terrorism, cyberwaran assault on electronic communication networks domestic terrorismterrorism practiced in your own country against your own people eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare, ecoterrorismviolence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists international terrorismterrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country narcoterrorismthe financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade nuclear terrorismthe use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials state-sponsored terrorismterrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism theoterrorismterrorism for a religious purpose terrorist attacka surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims terror the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) |
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