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terrorist

ter·ror·ist
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ter-er-ist]
    • /ˈtɛr ər ɪst/
    • /ˈter.ə.rɪst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ter-er-ist]
    • /ˈtɛr ər ɪst/

Definitions of terrorist word

  • noun terrorist a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism. 1
  • noun terrorist a person who terrorizes or frightens others. 1
  • noun terrorist (formerly) a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror. 1
  • noun terrorist an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France. 1
  • adjective terrorist of, relating to, or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists: terrorist tactics. 1
  • noun terrorist sb who uses political violence 1
See all 9 definitions of terrorist

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Origin of terrorist

First appearance:

before 1785
One of the 44% newest English words
1785-95; terror + -ist; compare French terroriste

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Terrorist

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Terrorist

terrorist popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

terrorist usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for terrorist

noun terrorist

  • anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
  • asperser — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
  • backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • carjacker — A carjacker is someone who attacks and steals from people who are driving their own cars.

adjective terrorist

  • extremist — A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, esp. one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
All 16 Synonyms of terrorist

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Related words

  • bioterrorism

    Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.

  • delta team

    an assault unit of highly trained and specialized U.S. troops that can be quickly dispatched to deal with terrorist action.

  • department of homeland security

    the department of the U.S. federal government charged with protecting U.S. territory from terrorist attacks and providing a coordinated response to large-scale emergencies. Abbreviation: DHS.

  • dirty war

    a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims.

  • extraordinary rendition

    the process by which a country seizes a person assumed to be involved in terrorist activity and then transports him or her for interrogation to a country where due process of law is unlikely to be respected

  • ground zero

    the point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, directly above, or at which an atomic or hydrogen bomb explodes.
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