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DOMESTIC TERRORISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people
Example:
the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("domestic terrorism" is a kind of...):
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)
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)
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