Counterterrorist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person involved in counter-terrorism, who works against terrorists.

    "Every new season of this Fox thriller is another twist of a kaleidoscope: the same pieces — terrorists; counterterrorists (and, almost inevitably, a mole); an innocent suburban family; and the president, his aides and his family — are tumbled together to form new patterns around the central figure of the special agent Jack Bauer."

  2. 2
    someone who attempts to prevent terrorism wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Intended to combat terrorism not-comparable

    "Henry Kissinger was there; so was Robert Komer, the CIA officer who ran the counterterrorist "pacification" program in 1967 and '68[…]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intended to prevent terrorism wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
counterterrorcounterterror

Example

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"Henry Kissinger was there; so was Robert Komer, the CIA officer who ran the counterterrorist "pacification" program in 1967 and '68[…]."

Etymology

From counter- + terrorist.

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