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terrorism

[ter-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈtɛr əˌrɪz əm /




NOUN
reign of terror
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Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s official day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, came a few weeks later, on April 20.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

But those facts did not justify the ban under terrorism legislation, they concluded.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"The Secretary-General calls for coordinated international support to address the evolving threat of violent extremism and terrorism in the Sahel and to meet urgent humanitarian needs," spokesman Stephane Dujarric added.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Critics dug out and posted his dissertation, which was pilloried by other academics for a simplistic chart that placed terrorism on a spectrum somewhere between “peacekeeping” and “thermonuclear war.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

I continued: As US citizens, we are always mindful of the effects of terrorism.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda




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