Hypertext Webster Gateway: "terrorism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Terrorism \Ter"ror*ism\, n. [Cf. F. terrorisme.]
The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode
of government by terror or intimidation. --Jefferson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
terrorism
n : the systematic use of violence as a means to intimidate or
coerce societies or governments
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