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terrorist

 noun
     
Related topics: Bombs and Terrorism
ter‧ror‧ist [countable]
SCB someone who uses violence such as bombing, shooting etc to obtain political demands:
We refuse to talk to terrorists.
terrorist attack/activity/offence
Twenty people were killed in the latest terrorist attack.
A terrorist bomb that left 168 people dead.
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