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  • noun Plural of terrorist.

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Examples

  • The deadliest terrorists 14 June 2008 - Paul J. Balles argues that intelligence agencies, like the CIA in America and Mossad in Israel, �should have been prize winners as terrorists� because �in dozens of situations around the world, they have indulged their love of instilling fear in innocent people�.

    axisoflogic.com 2009

  • The South Africans, in particular, realised the implications of using the term terrorists against all forms of political opposition.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Do you mean trying them as the low life criminals they are instead of granting them legitimacy by assuming they are some sort of honorable "combatants" engaged in actual warfare? eliminate the term terrorists from our lexicon

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local RockPack 2010

  • Do you mean trying them as the low life criminals they are instead of granting them legitimacy by assuming they are some sort of honorable "combatants" engaged in actual warfare? eliminate the term terrorists from our lexicon

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local RockPack 2010

  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Turkey's top diplomat during six hours of talks on Tuesday that his government wouldn't give up its fight against what it calls terrorists, Syria's state news agency reported, despite international calls for a halt to the crackdown on antigovernment protesters.

    Syrian Leader Rejects Overture Joe Parkinson 2011

  • Assad told Turkey that Syria won't give up its fight against what it calls terrorists, Syria's state news agency said, despite international warnings.

    What's News: World-Wide 2011

  • Syria's government , having vowed to crush what it calls terrorists in the country with an "iron fist," continues to push through a two-pronged strategy to the unrest—deploying its military and security forces to quell the uprising, while pushing through political reforms that most of the opposition now views as superficial.

    Syrian Forces Battle Ahead of U.N. Talks Nour Malas 2012

  • In the Arabic-language statements to the U.N., the ministry insists the Syrian government is facing a threat from what it calls terrorists who are hijacking demands for reform to cause chaos.

    At least 20 killed in Syria despite Assad's vow to U.N. 2011

  • There was a meeting between unnamed "Democrats" and Vice President Joe Biden this week, in which the word "terrorists" was applied to the Tea Partiers or perhaps Republicans in general, the whole thing's a bit foggy.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone? Chris Weigant 2011

  • There was a meeting between unnamed "Democrats" and Vice President Joe Biden this week, in which the word "terrorists" was applied to the Tea Partiers or perhaps Republicans in general, the whole thing's a bit foggy.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone? Chris Weigant 2011

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