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ter•ror•ist  (ter′ər ist),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Governmenta person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
  2. Governmenta person who terrorizes or frightens others.
  3. Government(formerly) a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror.
  4. Governmentan agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

adj. 
  1. Governmentof, pertaining to, or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists:terrorist tactics.
  • 1785–95; terror + -ist; compare French terroriste
ter′ror•is′tic, adj. 

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