Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that engages in acts or an act of terrorism.
- adj. Of or relating to terrorism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who favors or uses terrorizing methods for the accomplishment of some object, as for coercing a government or a community into the adoption of or submission to a certain course; one who practises terrorism. Specifically— An agent or partizan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
- n. In Russia, a member of a political party whose purpose is to demoralize the government by terror. See nihilism, 4 .
Wiktionary
- n. A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals; frequently in an attempt to coerce either a more powerful opponent, (such as a citizen or group targeting a government), or conversely, a weaker opponent, (such as a government, or even an internal citizen or group, being targeted by a larger government).
- n. An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
- adj. Of or relating to terrorism.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
- n. One who commits terrorism{2}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
Etymologies
- French terroriste. See terror. First used by Edmund Burke. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“terrorist attack' at ft hood* lieberman suggests army shooter was 'home-grown terrorist'* video: fmr jag officer called out for insisting ft hood incident was terrorism* video: fox host suggests”
“When questioned about the use of the term terrorist Gallop did not back down.”
“Bush officials stretched the term terrorist to include anyone that it said was a "terrorist combatant," where and how long that individual could be held (indefinitely) and how they should be legally disposed of (none of the standard constitutional protections).”
The Huffington Post: Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Hillary Should not Step Down Over WikiLeaks
“The term terrorist means that they try to instill fear in everyone and make our everyday lives less productive.”
“I am tired of Enhansed interrogation techniques but just as aggregious is the application of the term terrorist and “the battlefields of Afghanistan”.”
Uh, Which Civil Liberties Groups Pushed For A ‘Prolonged Detention’ Executive Order? | ATTACKERMAN
“BASH: Now, Wolf, one of the things that you mentioned is the fact that the White House is using the term terrorist surveillance program.”
“QUESTION: Your language on the charge, you used the term terrorist attack.”
“Now, the term terrorist cell is being used to describe individuals who are willing, sympathetic to the cause, willing to provide their bodies or their resources, and we'll hear more from the attorney general right now as you see him.”
“Shortly after the story published, Biden spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff offered this quote, which was far from a denial: The word terrorist was used by several members of Congress.”
“Yes NamVeT, of course the term terrorist is only for muslims and blacks.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘terrorist’.
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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US - war on terror
mirandize, heavily-guarded h..., capture, manhunt, shootout, bloodied, suspect, gunshot wound, citywide lockdown, house-by-house se..., intelligence oppo..., naturalized Ameri... and 463 more...
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SEDE - people and ranks
medical planning ..., Talib, Taliban, top Kurdish milit..., terrorist, chief of intellig..., chief of public i..., head of PR depart..., media officer, medical intellige..., PR assistant, PR consultant and 105 more...
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
weightlift, orbitale, figure skate, speed skate, synchronizer, equestrian sport, bobsleigh, starting block, diesis, ligne, piste, water ski and 521 more...
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Contemporary character classes?
as a youth I, and some others, made a pen-and-paper RPG, based in contemporary crime and suspense fiction + nonfiction, set in America's blighted urban centers, anonymous slurbs, and godforsaken hi...
acrobat, actor, artist, anarchist, bagman, arsonist, yuppie, yakuza underling, yakuza oyabun, yakuza lieutenant, writer, white trash and 192 more...
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Headlines & Newsmakers
frugality, environment, extinction, bible, killer, jazz, cloning, dead, god, moon, global warming, bailout and 340 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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SEDE - terrorism
tribalism, improvised explos..., balance of terror, baleful suicide b..., continue its terr..., financing system, foreign terrorist..., fundamentalist, Muslim rebel group, refuse to release..., smuggling of fire..., Talib and 7 more...
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bad guys
black hat, thug, thugz, highwayman, brigand, pirate, corsair, raider, viking, visigoth, vandal, gangster and 46 more...
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Wort des Jahres
"Ausgewählt werden Wörter und Ausdrücke, die die öffentliche Diskussion des betreffenden Jahres besonders bestimmt haben, die für wichtige Themen stehen oder sonst als charakteristisch erschei...
black-out, lauschangriff, entsorgung, sympathisant, terrorismus, terrorist, szene, single, disco, schlümpfe, rooming-in, geisterfahrer and 265 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Some Words That I Love
hopemonger, googolplex, agog, pneumonia, haiku, icky, blurgh, chuck, swatch, zoinks, terrorist, foresight and 2 more...
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They Stumble Off The Tongue
Words that are painful to say. The English language was meant to flow, and these words deserve exile. A complement to the list They Roll Off The Tongue.
interrobang, viviparous, irredentist, hypotension, betelgeuse, hough, infrared, ghoti, gloucester, colonel, oases, aposiopesis and 18 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for terrorist.
chained_bear Shit. And I didn't even get back to Australia. :(
Wait! I forgot! "Come the rapture, we'll have the earth to ourselves." Dec 3, 2008
reesetee Wow. You're right: It's the End of Days. Dec 3, 2008
skipvia *sigh* It looks like the terrorists have finally won... Dec 3, 2008
maurae Great zinger for unfunny people that are easily made uncomfortable. Nov 5, 2008