Synonyms for Terrorism
ˈtɛr əˌrɪz əmter·ror·ism

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1. terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act

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1. terrorismnoun

   Synonyms:
   state of terror, reign of terror

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1. List of paraphrases for "terrorism":

   terror, terrorist, counter-terrorism, anti-terrorism, terrorisme, terrorists, terrorismo, ctc, anti-terrorist

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1. Eric Dreiband:

   This hate crime may be considered an act of domestic terrorism, as have other hate crimes throughout our history, like the violence wrought by white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan.

2. Peter King:

   We have to be able to go in there and find out what's happening so we can be tipped off and not stand back and treat all communities as if they're the same, if it's Islamist terrorism, we have to have more surveillance in those communities.

3. Ganga Sagar Pant:

   Terrorism is just the product, root cause of the terrorism is the exclusive education in some faiths and the Arms production in some countries.

4. Prosecutor Naeem Khan:

   During the trial, all the 10 persons had admitted and confessed their role in Malala's attack before the judge of anti-terrorism court. But only two of them, Izhar Khan and Israrullah Khan, were convicted while the remaining eight were freed on April 30, 2015.

5. Nur Jazlan:

   I think the Paris situation can also be transplanted here, in Southeast Asia, where we also have fertile ground for recruitment of such operatives who will receive directives from Syria to carry out attacks, such attacks, they hope, will glamorize terrorism and therefore attract more people to join their cause.