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terrorism

[ter-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈtɛr əˌrɪz əm /




NOUN
reign of terror
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“We fought alongside them in the war against terrorism. If we had known we would be betrayed and abandoned, no one would have agreed to join hands with foreign forces.”

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

“And there is never any justification for terrorism. There are no two sides to this issue.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

“We’ve got items from the Second World War, about terrorism. Some of it’s heavy,” she added.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

"We had exceptional situations. We had terrorism. Now, I think, the Egyptian state is stable."

From Reuters • Jan. 27, 2022

Perhaps this explains the outlandish and disproportionate reaction of Austria to the needling of Bosnian terrorism. assertive minorities constituted a direct threat to the very cohesion of Empire.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel




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