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
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act of terrorism |
terrorism |
terrorist act |
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derivationally related form
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hyponym
bioterrorism, biological terrorism
chemical terrorism
cyber-terrorism, cyberwar
domestic terrorism
ecoterrorism, ecological terrorism, eco-warfare, ecological warfare
international terrorism
narcoterrorism
nuclear terrorism
state-sponsored terrorism
theoterrorism
terrorist attack
member of this domain (topic)
bioterrorism, biological terrorism
chemical terrorism
cyber-terrorism, cyberwar
domestic terrorism
ecoterrorism, ecological terrorism, eco-warfare, ecological warfare
international terrorism
narcoterrorism
nuclear terrorism
state-sponsored terrorism
theoterrorism
terrorization, terrorisation
bombing
dirty war
counterintelligence
ring containment
terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
stash house
USS Cole
World Trade Center, WTC, twin towers
counterterrorism
biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification
face recognition, facial recognition, automatic face recognition
facial profiling
Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades
Abu Sayyaf, Bearer of the Sword
Aksa Martyrs Brigades, al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Alex Boncayao Brigade, ABB, Revolutionary Proletarian Army, RPA-ABB
al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group
al Itihaad al Islamiya, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, Islamic Unity, AIAI
al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest
al-Ma'unah
al-Muhajiroun
Al Nathir
al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base, al Qaeda, al Qaida
al-Rashid Trust
al Sunna Wal Jamma, Followers of the Prophet
al-Tawhid, Al Tawhid, Divine Unity
al-Ummah
Ansar al Islam, Ansar al-Islam, Supporters of Islam
Armata Corsa, Corsican Army
Armed Islamic Group, GIA
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, ASALA, Orly Group, 3rd October Organization
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, FAR, Interahamwe
Asbat al-Ansar, Band of Partisans
Aum Shinrikyo, Aum, Supreme Truth
Baader Meinhof Gang, Baader-Meinhof Gang
Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA
Black September Movement
Chukaku-Ha
Continuity Irish Republican Army, CIRA, Continuity Army Council
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PDFLP
East Turkistan Islamic Movement, East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Abu Nidal Organization, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
Fatah Tanzim, Tanzim
First of October Antifascist Resistance Group, GRAPO
Force 17
Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces
Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, HUJI
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors
Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth
Hizb ut-Tahrir, Freedom Party
International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders
Irish National Liberation Army, INLA, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army, Catholic Reaction Force
Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
Islamic Army of Aden, IAA, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front, IBDA-C
Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan
Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad, JEM, Army of Muhammad
Jamaat ul-Fuqra, Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra
Japanese Red Army, JRA, Anti-Imperialist International Brigade
Jayshullah
Jemaah Islamiyah, JI, Islamic Group, Islamic Community, Malaysian Mujahidin Group, Malaysia Militant Group
Jerusalem Warriors
Jund-ul-Islam, Soldiers of God
Kahane Chai, Kach
Kaplan Group, Association of Islamic Groups and Communities, Caliphate State
Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea
Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK
klavern
Kurdistan Workers Party, Kurdistan Labor Pary, Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan, PPK
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Lashkar-e-Omar, Al Qanoon
Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, LET, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous
Laskar Jihad, Holy War Warriors
Lautaro Youth Movement, Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement, Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group
Lord's Resistance Army
Loyalist Volunteer Force
Maktab al-Khidmat, MAK
Manuel Rodriquez Patriotic Front
Moranzanist Patriotic Front
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Mujahedeen Kompak
Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, MKO, MEK, People's Mujahidin of Iran
National Liberation Army, ELN, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission, CNPZ
National Liberation Army, ELN
National Liberation Front of Corsica, FLNC
New People's Army, NPA
Orange Group, OV
Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini
Palestine Liberation Front, PLF, Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
Palestinian Hizballah
Pentagon Gang
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, PFLP-GC
Popular Struggle Front, PSF
15 May Organization
People against Gangsterism and Drugs, PAGAD
Puka Inti, Sol Rojo, Red Sun
Qassam Brigades, Salah al-Din Battalions, Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions
Qibla
Real IRA, Real Irish Republican Army, RIRA, Dissident Irish Republican Army
Red Army Faction, RAF
Red Brigades, Brigate Rosse, BR
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, FARC
Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 17 November
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party, Revolutionary People's Liberation Front
Revolutionary People's Struggle, ELA
Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus, Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, NIPR
Revolutionary United Front, RUF
Salafist Group, Salafast Group for Call and Combat, GSPC
Shining Path, Sendero Luminoso, SL
Sipah-e-Sahaba
Tareekh e Kasas, Movement for Revenge
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru, MRTA
Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, EGTK
Turkish Hizballah
Ulster Defence Association, UDA
United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC
Umma Tameer-e-Nau, UTN
Counterterrorist Center, CTC
mujahidin, mujahedin, mujahedeen, mujahadeen, mujahadin, mujahideen, mujahadein
Gestapo
nest
Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafia
Black Hand
terrorist cell, radical cell
terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
hawala
Dhahran
air marshal, sky marshal
cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk
sleeper
suicide bomber
terrorist
Jaffar, Jafar, Jaffar Umar Thalib, Jafar Umar Thalib
Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Salim, Andres Martinez, Taurus, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Michael Assat
reign of terror
9/11, 9-11, September 11, Sept. 11, Sep 11
instance hyponym