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
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Mike Elsner, legal counsel for the Camarena family in their anti-terrorism lawsuit, also credited Caro Quintero’s expulsion on Trump’s economic pressure on Mexico.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The contrast with the balance between civil liberties and anti-terrorism measures a few years prior was stark.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration on March 15 deported more than 200 people to El Salvador, where they are being detained in the country's massive anti-terrorism prison under a deal in which Washington is paying President Nayib Bukele's government $6 million.
—Luc Cohen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The statement from Romania’s anti-terrorism organization, the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, also alleged that one of the defendants raped a woman twice in March 2022.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The contrast with the balance between civil liberties and anti-terrorism measures a few years prior was stark.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration on March 15 deported more than 200 people to El Salvador, where they are being detained in the country's massive anti-terrorism prison under a deal in which Washington is paying President Nayib Bukele's government $6 million.
—Luc Cohen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The statement from Romania’s anti-terrorism organization, the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, also alleged that one of the defendants raped a woman twice in March 2022.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-terrorism
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“Anti-terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-terrorism. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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