variants
or less commonly antiterrorism
: acting against, opposing, or combating terrorism
developed a new anti-terrorism strategy
antiterrorism sanctions
anti-terrorism
noun
or less commonly antiterrorism
a stronger approach to anti-terrorism
Examples of anti-terrorism in a Sentence
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Examples of federal missions given on the website included deployments to Kosovo or the anti-terrorism efforts in the Middle East.
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Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Unique among major municipal police departments, NYPD’s ILP is part of a robust anti-terrorism initiative designed to prevent, detect, and deter terrorist activities targeting New York City.
—Howard Milstein, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2024
Patriot Act President George W. Bush signs the anti-terrorism law, which gives the FBI greater access to personal information.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
The more severe kind is a federal anti-terrorism program, while the less severe type is maintained by individual airlines for unruly passengers.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
And it has not yet been designated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as an anti-terrorism technology under a 2002 federal law providing liability protections for companies.
—David A. Lieb, Fortune, 12 May 2024
The other 18 member nations of NATO launched a number of operations in response, including the deployment of air forces to secure the skies over the U.S. and naval anti-terrorism efforts.
—Julia Zorthian, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
Police have quelled peaceful protests and thrown activists and dissidents into jail using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Reuters — Judges at the top UN court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
—Reuters, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Unique among major municipal police departments, NYPD’s ILP is part of a robust anti-terrorism initiative designed to prevent, detect, and deter terrorist activities targeting New York City.
—Howard Milstein, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2024
Patriot Act President George W. Bush signs the anti-terrorism law, which gives the FBI greater access to personal information.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
The more severe kind is a federal anti-terrorism program, while the less severe type is maintained by individual airlines for unruly passengers.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
And it has not yet been designated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as an anti-terrorism technology under a 2002 federal law providing liability protections for companies.
—David A. Lieb, Fortune, 12 May 2024
The other 18 member nations of NATO launched a number of operations in response, including the deployment of air forces to secure the skies over the U.S. and naval anti-terrorism efforts.
—Julia Zorthian, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
Police have quelled peaceful protests and thrown activists and dissidents into jail using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Reuters — Judges at the top UN court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
—Reuters, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Anti-terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-terrorism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2024.
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