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terrorism

noun as in lawlessness

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noun as in reign of terror

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Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and broke their word; successive Democratic administrations promoted energy restrictions ensuring we’d have to buy oil from those enemies who paid for terrorism.

How does the Cuban missile crisis compare with twenty-first-century threats such as terrorism, climate change, and pandemic disease?

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The minister also said Nigeria welcomes "support from foreign nations, including the United States of America, in addressing our shared security concerns," including the "complete elimination of terrorism".

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Iran said on Wednesday that Iranian citizen Mahdieh Esfandiari, who was arrested in France in February accused of promoting terrorism on social media, has been transferred to its embassy in Paris.

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Germany has previously banned a number of Muslim organisations, such as the NGO Ansaar, which was accused in 2021 of financing Islamist terrorism under the guise of charitable work.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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