Meaning of terrorist attack in English

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  1. Noun

    terrorist attack

    Definitions

    1. a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims

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  • « We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons. »
    Theodore C. Sorensen
  • « One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster. »
    Vito Fossella
  • « Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance. »
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  • « London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble we had severe energy problems we were under constant terrorist attack from Irish terrorist groups who started a bombing campaign in English cities politics were fantastically polarized between left and right. »
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