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Bourges, once against the revolutionists of May 15, another time against the Democrats of June 13, both times on the charge of "attentats" against the National Assembly.
Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl Marx 1850
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Court considers the atheistical irreligious 'attentats' have gone too far and therefore has sent us -- "
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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Français · Indonésie: Nationalisme en ligne après les attentats de Jakarta
Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Online Nationalism 2009
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Français · Mauritanie: Retour sur les premiers attentats suicides de l'histoire mauritanienne
Global Voices in English » Mauritania Experiences First-Ever Suicide Bombing 2009
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Barrere of one of his most popular pro-revolutionary speeches (on 26 May 1794), his Rapport sur les crimes de l'Angleterre envers le peuple français et sur les attentats contre la liberté des nations (Paris, An II [1794])
Annotations 2007
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Because of the spectacular attentats and outrages, connected with the names of Ravachol,
ANARCHISM ARTHUR LEHNING 1968
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He published anonymously in 1801 his first book, "L'antidote de l'athéisme", and the following year a new edition appeared, enlarged to two volumes, with its title changed to "La religion triomphante des attentats de l'impiété", and bearing the name of its author.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Riots and attentats were still the order of the day, and no opportunity for a demonstration was let slip by the parties hostile to the Government.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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The scheme of fortifying Paris continued, however, to be debated, while the Orleanist family were still the subjects of futile _attentats_.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
plumpesdenken commented on the word attentats
an attack
Since the attentats of 2001, the Middle East has occupied the front of the world-political stage -- perry anderson
December 29, 2007
bilby commented on the word attentats
He's certainly using it in that sense but it smacks of being a too-cleverism. Attentat means bomb.
December 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the word attentats
I've heard 'Attentat' used in German to mean 'terrorist attack'. But I agree that it doesn't work in English, in part because of the awkwardness of that plural.
December 29, 2007
bilby commented on the word attentats
There's attentato in Italian meaning 'attack' and of course English attempt from the same roots. I'd heard this word a couple of times prior to this citation where it was used to mean booby-trap bomb and logic bomb. My main beef is with the nuances. If he's talking about the attacks of 11 September 2001, attentats is a pithy, flat and awkward choice of word. I find the dysphemism, when he is talking about a critical and emotionally-charged moment in modern history, to be unfortunate.
December 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the word attentats
Related to the attacks of September 11th, see once-m (I don't have a separate entry for 'once-s').
December 29, 2007