| 单词 | terrorist attack |
| 释义 | terrorist attack (once / 5088 pages) n WORD FAMILY terrorist attack: terrorist attacks USAGE EXAMPLESIn all there were several dozen serious terrorist attacks in Turkey in 2016, often targeting the police and army but just as often hitting civilians. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Ms. Nasser was the second Israeli woman to be killed in a terrorist attack abroad in less than two weeks. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The state-run Bahrain News Agency described the prison break as an “armed terrorist attack” on the facility. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) n a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims Exp|Hyper September 11 the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act 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 coup de main, surprise attackan attack without warning |
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