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terroristic

American  
[ter-er-ist-ik] / ˌtɛr ərˈɪst ɪk /

adjective

  1. promoting, involving, or characterized by terrorism.


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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

Larry Eugene Price Jr. died at the Sebastian County jail in August 2021, after being held a little over a year at the facility awaiting trial on a terroristic threatening charge.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

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

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 John Spargo

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