WordNet
n. the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or coercion or instilling fear [syn: terrorism, act of terrorism]
Usage examples of "terrorist act".
By not opposing a military coup by the great Augusto Pinochet against a Chilean Marxist, Salvador Allende, the Times implied, the United States was party to a terrorist act similar to the 9/11 attack on America.
Saddam would have to be careful to cover his tracks, because if we ever could tie him to an al-Qa'eda terrorist act, we would have the smoking gun we sought and the international community would wash its hands of his regime for good.
What often happens, however, is that a threat refers to a previous terrorist act, thus attaching to the current threat the potency of the past tragedy.
It was in July that we performed our first big terrorist act, that we finally got on TV.
If the Iranians are not involved, we're probably looking at a strictly terrorist act, probably by something like the old Japanese Red Army.
The purpose, after all, of any terrorist act was to attract attention.
FISA is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the ATA is the Anti-Terrorist Act, which they had to invoke to allow the SEC to operate under FISA.
Your very Me and loving is a refutation, and a strong refutation, of every terrorist act every committed.
It got to the point where every off-Bajor terrorist act was credited to Orta whether he was involved or not.
The point to any terrorist act is that credit must be claimed so that fear will spread throughout the land.