Terrorist Definition

tĕrər-ĭst
terrorists
noun
A person who engages in terrorism.
American Heritage
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals; frequently in an attempt to coerce either a more powerful opponent, (such as a citizen or group targeting a government), or conversely, a weaker opponent, (such as a government, or even an internal citizen or group, being targeted by a larger government).
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An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
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Synonyms:
adjective

Of or relating to terrorism.

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Other Word Forms of Terrorist

Noun

Singular:
terrorist
Plural:
terrorists

Origin of Terrorist

  • From French terroriste; synchronically terror +"Ž -ist. First used by Edmund Burke.

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Terrorist Sentence Examples

  • His indignation carried him into accord for a time with those who advocated the terrorist policy.

  • After the close of the Convention Tallien's political importance came to an end, for, though he sat in the Council of Five Hundred, the moderates attacked him as terrorist, and the extreme party as a renegade.

  • Nor is it surprising that the hotheads among them, fired by the example of Jukic and other would-be assassins of Varesanin, Cuvaj and Skerlecz, should have indulged in terrorist projects.

  • His elder brother, Alexander, was an active member of the terrorist party of the " Will of the people."

  • A commission of inquiry was then at last appointed by the Allies, and ordered elections under inter-Allied control and the dissolution of the terrorist " League of Volunteers."

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