Terrorist
English
Noun
Terrorist (plural Terrorists)- A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals; frequently in an attempt to coerce either a more powerful opponent, (such as a citizen or group targeting a government), or conversely, a weaker opponent, (such as a government, or even an internal citizen or group, being targeted by a larger government).
- An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Adjective
Terrorist (not comparable)
- Of or relating to terrorism.
Notes
The use of the label "terrorist" is often controversial or subjective, since one person's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter, and vice versa. A cynical definition may be that a terrorist is someone who murders or terrorizes more of those for whom the terrorist is fighting, than his supposed enemies.
Verbs for Terrorist
quail before—; root out—s; —bridles; — coerces; —desecrates; —devastates; —domineers; —intimidates; —outrages; —pillages; —plunders; —ravages; —restrains; —retaliates; —sheds; —shocks; —suppresses; —tramples; —usurps.
Thesaurus
Bolshevik, Bolshevist, Bolshie, Carbonarist, Carbonaro, Castroist, Castroite, Charley, Communist, Cong, Fenian, Guevarist, Jacobin, Leninist, Mafioso, Maoist, Marxist, Mau-Mau, Puritan, Red, Red Republican, Roundhead, Sinn Feiner, Trotskyist, Trotskyite, VC, Vietcong, Yankee, Yankee Doodle, Young Turk, alarmist, anarch, anarchist, annihilator, arsonist, assassin, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, biblioclast, bomber, bonnet rouge, brute, burner, criminal, criminal syndicalist, demolisher, demon, desperado, destroyer, devil, dragon, dynamitard, dynamiter, exterminator, felon, fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fury, goon, gorilla, gunman, gunsel, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, hun, iconoclast, idol breaker, idoloclast, incendiary, insurgent, killer, mad dog, madcap, monster, mugger, nihilist, radical, rapist, rebel, red, revolutionary, revolutionary junta, revolutioner, revolutionist, revolutionizer, ruiner, sans-culotte, sans-culottist, savage, scaremonger, she-wolf, spitfire, subversive, syndicalist, termagant, terror, thug, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, ugly customer, vandal, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf, wrecker
Etymology
French terroriste. See terror. First used by Edmund Burke
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German
Noun
Terrorist m. (genitive Terroristen, plural Terroristen</span>) Terroristin f
- terrorist
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
Terrorist m. (definite singular Terroristen; indefinite plural Terrorister; definite plural Terroristene)
- terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
Terrorist m. (definite singular Terroristen; indefinite plural Terroristar; definite plural Terroristane)
- terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)
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Swedish
Noun
Terrorist c.
Etymology
terror
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | Terrorist | Terroristen | Terrorister | Terroristerna |
| genitive | Terrorists | Terroristens | Terroristers | Terroristernas |
