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terrorist attack

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  • terrorist attack  a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against…

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    • (n) a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
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    1. On Tuesday, one of the four men arrested in Melbourne was charged with planning a terrorist attack.
    2. Feds say the al-Qaeda planner has given his interrogators the names of several key members of his organization who may be plotting terrorist attacks on America.
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  • terrorist cell  a cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members)
  • terrorist group  a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
  • terrorist organization  a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve…
  • terrorization  /ˌtɛ rə raɪ ˈzɛɪ ʃən/ ?  the act of inspiring with fear
  • terrorize  /ˈtɛ rə ˌraɪz/ ?  coerce by violence or with threats
  • terry  /ˈtɛ ri/ ?  English actress (1847-1928)
  • terry cloth  a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make…
  • terry towel  a bath towel with rough loose pile
  • terrycloth  a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make…
  • terse  /ˈtɜrs/ ?  brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  • tersely  /ˈtɜrsli/ ?  in a short and concise manner
  • terseness  /ˈtɜrs nəs/ ?  a neatly short and concise expressive style
  • tertian  /ˈtɜr ʃən/ ?  relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other…
  • tertiary  /ˈtɜr ʃə ri/ ?  coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
  • tertiary period  from 63 million to 2 million years ago
  • tertiary syphilis  the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs…
  • tertigravida  a woman who is pregnant for the third time
  • tertium quid  some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both
  • tertry  a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
  • tertullian  /tɜr ˈtə lɪən/ ?  Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian…
  • terylene  a kind of polyester fabric
  • terza rima  a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.
  • terzetti  the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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