antiterrorism

[an-tahy-ter-er-iz-uhm, an-tee-]

adjective

1. serving to prevent, reduce, or punish terrorism; antiterrorist.

noun

1. the goal or process of preventing, reducing, or punishing terrorism; measures taken to oppose terrorism.

Example Sentences

In fact, decades of federal budgets have favored war fighting with all too lax human rights standards in dozens of foreign countries, hostility and violence against vulnerable people within the ranks of our own troops, antiterrorism policies that have encroached on domestic civil liberties and the flow, via police departments, of military assault rifles and armored vehicles onto America’s city streets.

From Salon

It has encouraged universities to weaponize antiterrorism laws to silence the pro-Palestinian group Students for Justice in Palestine.

From Los Angeles Times

But in 2005, Democrats like Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton attempted to repeal yet another harsh Clinton-era tough-on-crime law, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, despite a Republican president and a Republican majority in the Senate.

From Slate

In a statement, Councilman Erik Bottcher of Manhattan addressed the advisories: “We will be vigilant and heed the advice of antiterrorism authorities, but we are proud, strong and united, ready to defy any attempts to sow fear during Pride Month.”

From New York Times

Abuse of this important antiterrorism tool got so bad that Interpol temporarily blocked Turkey from using it.

From New York Times