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the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal
They have been arrested for acts of terrorism. international terrorism the fight against terrorism
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Recent Examples of terrorism
One such tool, trade sanctions, became a key way that states responded to a wide variety of unlawful actions, such as human rights violations, supporting terrorism, or waging wars of aggression.
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Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The law was designed to provide a legal avenue in U.S. courts for victims of international terrorism.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The Trump administration has already charged a handful of defendants with terrorism offenses since designating CJNG and seven other Latin American crime organizations as FTOs in February.
—CBS News, 20 June 2025
Both also had terrorism subplots and included an analogy between the justice system and refereeing in basketball.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 June 2025
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Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The law was designed to provide a legal avenue in U.S. courts for victims of international terrorism.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The Trump administration has already charged a handful of defendants with terrorism offenses since designating CJNG and seven other Latin American crime organizations as FTOs in February.
—CBS News, 20 June 2025
Both also had terrorism subplots and included an analogy between the justice system and refereeing in basketball.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrorism
Noun
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Prosecutors are adding new first-degree murder charges to those already faced by terror suspect, who remains jailed.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are concerned about the potential for copycat attacks from the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day, as well as homegrown extremists.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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His spouse is perilously close to beginning an affair with the best man at their wedding, now one of his authors, a war poet disillusioned by violence and fanaticism.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in 4 women and one in 7 men have experienced severe intimate partner violence.—
Liz Roberts,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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“Terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrorism. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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