act of terrorism

DEFINITIONS OF: act of terrorism

Examples:: Red Hand Defenders
a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder; September 11
the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; biological terrorism, bioterrorism
terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare; chemical terrorism
terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can undermine the personal security of citizens; cyber-terrorism, cyberwar
an assault on electronic communication networks; domestic terrorism
terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people; eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare, ecoterrorism
violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists; international terrorism
terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country; narcoterrorism
the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade; nuclear terrorism
the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials; state-sponsored terrorism
terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism; theoterrorism
terrorism for a religious purpose; terrorist attack
a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims

Type of:: terror
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)

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