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counterterrorist

adj

Etymology

From counter- + terrorist.

  1. borrowed from terroriste
  2. prefixed as counterterrorist — “counter + terrorist”

Definitions

  1. Intended to combat terrorism

    • Henry Kissinger was there; so was Robert Komer, the CIA officer who ran the counterterrorist "pacification" program in 1967 and '68[…].

  2. A person involved in counter-terrorism, who works against terrorists.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA