Vi fant 1 definisjoner av terrorist act på engelsk.
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| terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | ||
| terrorism, act of terrorism | ||
| terror the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); "he used terror to make them confess" | ||
| 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; "a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced" | ||
| cyber-terrorism, cyberwar an assault on electronic communication networks | ||
| domestic terrorism terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people; "the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism" | ||
| 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; "assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism" | ||
| 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 | ||