Definition of Counterterrorism

1. Noun. A strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism.

Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Scheme, Strategy

Definition of Counterterrorism

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of counter-terrorism) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterterrorism

countersunk hole
countersurge
countersurges
countersurveillance
countersway
countersways
countertactic
countertactics
countertendencies
countertendency
countertenor
countertenors
counterterm
counterterms
counterterror
counterterrorism (current term)
counterterrorist
counterterrorists
counterterrors
countertheme
counterthemes
countertheories
countertheory
countertheses
counterthesis
counterthought
counterthoughts
counterthreat
counterthreats
counterthrust

Literary usage of Counterterrorism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Military Training: Management & Oversight of Joint Combined Exchange Training edited by Carol Schuster (1999)
"None of these 19 events were reported as related to counterterrorism. hi the annual report to the Congress for fiscal year 1998, ..."

2. Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and by Stephen Sloan (1992)
"The definition does not completely cut the conceptual tie between antiterrorism and counterterrorism, although it is a quantum leap forward from the ..."

3. Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering by National Research Council (2002)
"MODELING CHALLENGES FOR counterterrorism The preceding sections have emphasized the critical importance of models in the systems approach to ..."

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