anti-terrorist
adjective
an·ti-ter·ror·ist
ˌan-tē-ˈter-ər-ist 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antiterrorist
: acting against, opposing, or combating terrorists : anti-terrorism
anti-terrorist operations/tactics
Examples of anti-terrorist in a Sentence
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The anti-terrorist fence has saved the lives of thousands of Israelis from Palestinian terrorists coming from the West Bank (also known as the biblical region of Judea and Samaria), according to counter-terrorism officials in Israel.
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Wilkin works with Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling) in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, chasing the charismatic poet and underground leader Avraham Stern (Aury Alby).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 July 2025
The training would focus on anti-terrorist operations including hostage rescue, the ministry added.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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.
—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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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Wilkin works with Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling) in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, chasing the charismatic poet and underground leader Avraham Stern (Aury Alby).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 July 2025
The training would focus on anti-terrorist operations including hostage rescue, the ministry added.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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.
—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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