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CTC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("CTC" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Holonyms ("CTC" is a part of...):
Central Intelligence Agency; CIA (an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council)
Context examples:
These circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can take root elsewhere, causing the spread of the cancer to other organs, a process called metastasis.
(Isolated cancer cells may lead to personalized treatments, NIH)
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