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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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Security has been tighter at the Oscars every year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 24½ years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Western officials also fear the conflict has raised the risk of terrorist attacks by Iran and its allied militias, such as Hezbollah and Hamas.

From The Wall Street Journal

Debating this event years afterwards, a friend told me the British shouldn’t have killed the Iranian terrorists.

From Barron's

He told Salon that equating drug traffickers with terrorist is meant to “stigmatize and terrify people.”

From Salon

When Time magazine last week asked the commander in chief whether Americans should be worried about potential terrorist strikes at home, he replied, “I guess.”

From Los Angeles Times