terrorists
- 1Plural of terrorist.
The terrorists claimed responsibility for the bombing within hours.
Investigators traced the funding that allowed the terrorists to operate across borders.
Note
A regular plural that covers two very different groups. In current use it names people who use violence or its threat for political ends. In historical writing it can also mean the agents and partisans of the revolutionary tribunal during France's Reign of Terror, and context tells the reader which is meant. Before another noun, write terrorist attacks or terrorist groups. The adjective never takes the -s, so terrorists attacks is an error.
terrorists is a form of terrorist
terrorist, noun: A person, group, or organization that uses violence, or the threat of violence, to advance political aims. Full entry
- Forms
- terroristterrorists plural
- Spelling
- terrorist → terrorists: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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