Synonyms and Antonyms of terrorist act
synonym (synonym of terrorist act)
- (noun.act)the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological i more.. (noun.act)
hypernym (terrorist act IS A KIND OF .... relation)
- the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear (noun.act)the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) (noun.act)
hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF terrorist act relation)
- (noun.act)terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can undermine the personal security of citizens (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people (noun.act)
- (noun.act)violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive material more.. (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims (noun.act)
instance hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF terrorist act relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))
- (noun.group)a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of C more.. (noun.group)
derivation (.... is derived from terrorist act)
domain member category (.... is a member category of terrorist act domain)
- (noun.act)terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can undermine the personal security of citizens (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people (noun.act)
- (noun.act)violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive material more.. (noun.act)
- (noun.act)terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism (noun.act)
- (noun.act)intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individu more.. (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them (noun.act)
- (noun.artifact)twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 (noun.artifact)
- (noun.cognition)a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism (noun.cognition)
- (noun.communication)the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces (noun.communication)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination a more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attack more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for ter more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in smal more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent me more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international system; provides financial sup more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998 (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it wi more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly re more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to over more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism w more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977 (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; w more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during th more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein (noun.group)
- (noun.group)democratic front for the liberation of palestine, dflp, pdflp, popular democratic front for the liberation of palestinea Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)abu nidal organization, ano, arab revolutionary brigades, black september, fatah revolutionary council, fatah-rc, revolutionary organization of socialist muslimsa Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and se more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, a more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state i more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)al faran, harkat ul-ansar, harkat ul-mujahedeen, harkat-ul-mujahidin, hua, hum, movement of holy warriorsan Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primari more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)hezbollah, hizballah, hizbollah, hizbullah, islamic jihad, islamic jihad for the liberation of palestine, lebanese hizballah, organization of the oppressed on earth, party of god, revolutionary justice organizationa Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signat more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Alge more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)catholic reaction force, inla, irish national liberation army, people's liberation army, people's republican armya radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and a more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsibl more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secu more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate thems more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999 (noun.group)
- (noun.group)islamic community, islamic group, jemaah islamiyah, ji, malaysia militant group, malaysian mujahidin groupa clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippine more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah; killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991 (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish governm more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactic more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangv more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)lautaro faction of the united popular action movement, lautaro popular rebel forces, lautaro youth movementa violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impo more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)liberation tigers of tamil eelam, ltte, tamil tigers, tigers, world tamil association, world tamil movementa terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks t more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)al-jama'a al-islamiyyah al-muqatilah bi-libya, fig, libyan fighting group, libyan islamic fighting group, libyan islamic groupa Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thou more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at Unit more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a militant Islamic militia that was formed in 2005 by hardliners who split from Jemaah Islamiyah (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernizat more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Lenini more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidn more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of co more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombi more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used te more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied wit more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opp more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advoca more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has s more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group op more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic cente more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsibl more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to over more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizat more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the gov more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has c more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pyl more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)auc, autodefensas unidas de colombia, united self-defense force of colombia, united self-defense group of colombiaa terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a nongovernmental organization of Pakistani scientists that has been a supporter of terrorism; has provided information about chemical and biological more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist act more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals (noun.group)
- (noun.person)a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people (noun.person)
- (noun.person)Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000) (noun.person)
- (noun.person)andres martinez, carlos, carlos the jackal, glen gebhard, hector hevodidbon, ilich ramirez sanchez, ilich sanchez, michael assat, salim, sanchez, taurusVenezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) (noun.person)
- (noun.time)any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France (noun.time)
- (noun.time)the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs (noun.time)
