English words for 'A terrorist.'
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noun
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
- (US, slang) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- Ellipsis of graffiti bomber.
- (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
- (clothing) Ellipsis of bomber jacket.
- a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- a person who plants bombs
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
adj
adj
noun
- a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
- A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
- (historical) An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
noun
- a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
- (US, law enforcement) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, military) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
noun
- a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
- (US, law enforcement) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
- (fiction) A military rank in fiction for air force, space force, or armed forces, usually the topmost rank.
noun
- (uncountable) Terrorism.
- (pathology, countable) A night terror.
- (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
- (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- a very troublesome child
- the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
- a person who inspires fear or dread
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
- A shout of "bravo!"
- (international standards, plural "bravos") Alternative letter-case form of Bravo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
- a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
intj
verb
noun
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- a rester who is sleeping
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- an unexpected hit
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- an unexpected achiever of success
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- (slang) A sedative.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
- (computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
- (politics) A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.
- (business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
name
verb
noun
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
- (US, slang) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- Ellipsis of graffiti bomber.
- (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
- (clothing) Ellipsis of bomber jacket.
- a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- a person who plants bombs
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
adj
adj
noun
- a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
- A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
- (historical) An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
noun
- a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
- (US, law enforcement) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, military) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
noun
- a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
- (US, law enforcement) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
- (fiction) A military rank in fiction for air force, space force, or armed forces, usually the topmost rank.
noun
- (uncountable) Terrorism.
- (pathology, countable) A night terror.
- (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
- (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- a very troublesome child
- the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
- a person who inspires fear or dread
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
- A shout of "bravo!"
- (international standards, plural "bravos") Alternative letter-case form of Bravo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
- a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
intj
verb
noun
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- a rester who is sleeping
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- an unexpected hit
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- an unexpected achiever of success
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- (slang) A sedative.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
- (computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
- (politics) A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.
- (business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
name
verb
adj
noun
- a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
- A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
- (historical) An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.