World Trade Center

British  

noun

1.  WTC.  a name licensed by World Trade Centers Association to its members to identify any of a number of iconic buildings worldwide to promote world trade and international business relationships; one such former building complex, at 417m (1368 ft), the tallest in the US, stood in Manhattan, New York, from 1974 until its destruction on September 11, 2001, in which 2,750 people died; reconstruction of the complex began in 2002

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World Trade Center Cultural  

1. World Trade Center (WTC) A trademark for various building complexes around the world that house organizations and businesses supporting international commerce. The World Trade Center in lower MANHATTAN included two tall skyscrapers, the Twin Towers, that were destroyed when terrorist-hijacked planes were crashed into them as part of the SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS (2001). Reconstruction of new buildings began in 2002.

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Example Sentences

After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, Pratt told the Oklahoman newspaper that the FBI asked him to sketch a potential suspect from a description by a psychic.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pilot episode of “The X-Files” spinoff “The Lone Gunmen,” featured a pilot who hijacks an airplane and flies it into the World Trade Center six months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many Afghan troops fought alongside their American and allied counterparts during the two-decades-long war in Afghanistan, which followed al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

From The Wall Street Journal

The firm lost two-thirds of its New York workforce in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, where Cantor had an office on upper floors.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. stock market had fallen by more than it had since the first day of trading after the attack on the World Trade Center.

From Literature