Nonterror

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not of or pertaining to terrorism. not-comparable

    "Since Sept. 11, 2001, when the country’s attention understandably turned to terrorism, nearly 120,000 Americans have been killed in nonterror homicides, most of them committed with guns."

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"Since Sept. 11, 2001, when the country’s attention understandably turned to terrorism, nearly 120,000 Americans have been killed in nonterror homicides, most of them committed with guns."

Etymology

From non- + terror.

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