NOUN
- 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
How To Use act of terrorism In A Sentence
- They displayed their immaturity, their envy and spite and malice, in refusing to condemn this act of terrorism.
- What they've done to Berlusconi is an act of terrorism, " Umberto Bossi, head of the far-right Northern League and a close Berlusconi ally, told Ansa.
- Civil Protection Minister Michalis Chryssochoidis condemned what he called a despicable act of terrorism. The Shad Plank
- And, really, if terrorists on the outside could help perform some jailbreak from a Supermax Prison or from Ft. Leavenworth, they could also commit a horrifying and staggering act of terrorism, and my bet is, given that capacity, they’d skip busting anybody out. Matthew Yglesias » Gitmo and NIMBY
- The first row is now empty, but it gets crowded in few seconds when a large-scale accident or an act of terrorism happens.
- Pakistan's government has condemned the Mumbai assault as a "barbaric act of terrorism" and denied involvement by any "state institutions".
- The prosecution alleged that the man had been responsible for an act of terrorism.
- By all accounts, this was not an act of terrorism or cyberterrorism.
- Authorities charged Jose Pimentel, a Dominican-born Muslim convert, with providing support for an act of terrorism, conspiracy and weapons charges.
- What they've done to Berlusconi is an act of terrorism, " Umberto Bossi, head of the far-right Northern League and a close Berlusconi ally, told Ansa.
