act of terrorism

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act of terrorism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  act of terrorism
      n 1: the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence)
           against civilians in order to attain goals that are
           political or religious or ideological in nature; this is
           done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
           [syn: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act]