terroristic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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According to recordings of dispatch audio from San Diego police reviewed by The Times, dispatchers told officers in the field at approximately 11:05 a.m. to be on the lookout for a “possible terroristic threat.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
“If the rationale had been to combat misinformation or protect against algorithms radicalizing people into terroristic behavior, I’d be like, ‘Yeah, let’s do this,’” she says.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2024
The juvenile – who is not being identified because they are a minor – has been charged with terroristic threats, false public alarms and cyber harassment.
From Fox News • Dec. 21, 2021
The state’s 2002 anti-terrorism law defines a terroristic act as one intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to affect the conduct of a government through intimidation or coercion.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021
While the Marxian movement made headway among the industrial workers, the older terroristic movement made headway among the peasants.
From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John
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