terrorist
Example Sentences
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Before 9/11, presidents mostly treated terrorist acts as matters for cops and the courts.
After the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, the government went on a large recruitment drive within the French intelligence agencies.
From BBC
Hargeisa, capital of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, abuts hot spots like Somalia and Yemen but lacks the constant coups, wars, riots, terrorist attacks, ideological reckonings and other usual attractions for roving correspondents.
“The terrorist threat was serious, and terrible for those who are affected, but it was like a nuisance in an otherwise functioning system,” he said.
"The primary failure identified was the refusal to provide complete and verifiable information regarding their employees, a critical requirement designed to prevent the infiltration of terrorist operatives into humanitarian structures," the ministry said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
