as in violences
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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The most recent entry, Evil Dead Rise, stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two sisters trapped in a high-rise apartment as their family is possessed by supernatural terrors.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024 -
Watch Egerton discuss his airline travel terrors in the clip above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Terrorisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrorisms. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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