variants
or less commonly antiterrorist
: acting against, opposing, or combating terrorists : anti-terrorism
anti-terrorist operations/tactics
Examples of anti-terrorist in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The exit from Niger, a centerpiece in Paris’s anti-terrorist activities, is an especially hard blow for France, whose counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel region are likely to weaken.
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Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
France’s anti-terrorist prosecutors office hasn’t yet been seized.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 June 2023
The channel’s relocation to Washington was deemed necessary despite the stationing of armed anti-terrorist police outside Iran International’s Chiswick office and the provision of round the clock protection to several of its journalists.
—Time, 7 June 2023
Kneedler, arguing that Twitter should not be found liable under the anti-terrorist law in this case, said that in that scenario, the bank could be sued under the law.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
France’s anti-terrorist prosecutors office hasn’t yet been seized.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 June 2023
The channel’s relocation to Washington was deemed necessary despite the stationing of armed anti-terrorist police outside Iran International’s Chiswick office and the provision of round the clock protection to several of its journalists.
—Time, 7 June 2023
Kneedler, arguing that Twitter should not be found liable under the anti-terrorist law in this case, said that in that scenario, the bank could be sued under the law.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
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