WordNet
n. a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
Usage examples of "terrorist attack".
He also noted that more than 30 similar cryptic warnings or declarations had been intercepted in the months before 9/11 and were not followed by any terrorist attack.
Tying Saddam to some new terrorist attack would be a perfect smoking gun, but unfortunately, the evidence regarding the September 11 attacks continues to point entirely to al-Qa'eda.
Still recovering from the terrorist attack that had nearly taken his life less than a month before, the president was confined to a wheelchair.
And it had given them all a terrifying reminder of just how serious an unthwarted Jewish terrorist attack against such revered Islamic religious sites would be.
Overall preparation for any terrorist attack that would result in major damage is the same as one would wisely take for a big storm or earthquake.
Al-Houri was one of the organizers of the worst terrorist attack in American history.
A French stockade, sixty miles west of Hoi Xuan and forty-six miles north of where we were, was under intensive terrorist attack.
With her help--using information provided by Orlov and the Americans--the police would connect the dead man with the terrorist attack.
Barbara risked having her neck slit to warn the country of a terrorist attack.
Normally, in case of impending bad financial news, Harold Lake's overseas brokers usually executed closing purchase transactions that canceled the more risky uncovered options before they were assigned, but the sheer speed of the terrorist attack and the rapid reaction by overseas traders made it impossible.