- a person who takes part in terrorism
- The terrorists are threatening to blow up the plane.
- a terrorist attack/bomb/group
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2, Crime and punishmentb2- The bomb attacks have been attributed to a group of international terrorists.
- an increase in terrorist activity
- the recruitment of young would-be terrorists
- the victim of a terrorist atrocity
- Three suspected terrorists have been arrested.
- A terrorist bomb brought down a huge section of the central bank building.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alleged
- potential
- suspected
- …
- band
- cell
- faction
- …
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French terroriste, from Latin terror, from terrere ‘frighten’. The word was originally applied to supporters of the Jacobins in the French Revolution, who advocated repression and violence in pursuit of the principles of democracy and equality.Definitions on the go
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