terrorism
- 1Violent attacks on people or property, against the law, used to force political change.
Like using fear as a weapon to make a government do what you want.
The new laws are meant to fight terrorism.
Many lives were lost in the terrorism that hit the city.
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- 2Using threats or rough treatment to scare people into doing what you want.
Like a bully who uses fear to control the whole playground.
His constant threats were a kind of terrorism that scared everyone in the office.
She faced daily terrorism from the older students at school.
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- 3A time in France long ago when the government used fear and killing to control people.
Like living in a town where the rulers scare everyone to stay in charge.
During the terrorism, many ordinary people were put to death by the government.
Families lived in fear all through the terrorism in France.
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Origin
It comes from French terrorisme, made from terreur ("terror"). It first appeared in English in 1795 for the Jacobin radicals of France during the Reign of Terror.