terrorist

Pluralterrorists

1. 1
   nouncountable

   Someone who uses violence, or the threat of violence, to reach political goals.

   Like a bully who hurts people to force them to do what he wants, but for political reasons.

   The terrorist planted a bomb to frighten the government into changing its policy.

   Police arrested two terrorists before they could carry out the attack.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Connected with violence used to scare people into political change.

   Police stopped a terrorist attack on the train station.

   The group was linked to several terrorist plots last year.

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3. 3
   nounhistoricalcountable

   During the French Revolution, a person who served the courts that ordered mass executions.

   The terrorist signed the order condemning a dozen nobles to the guillotine.

   Crowds cheered as the terrorists led their prisoners through the streets of Paris.

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