Terrorism

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  • noun. The use of violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Resort to terrorizing methods as a means of coercion, or the state of fear and submission produced by the prevalence of such methods.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
  • noun. The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.
  • noun. Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives.
  • noun. A psychological strategy of war for gaining political or religious ends by deliberately creating a climate of fear among the population of a state.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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
  • Word Usage
    "They can seemingly either reconcile the uttered contradictions of "their" candidates' positions we don't need constitutional protections for those accused of terrorism cause they're accused of *terrorism* and are therefor actaul *terrorists*! whle at the same time touting their National Guard service, which requires an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution or just refuse to see that there *is* a contradiction."
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