HyperDic: domestic_terrorism

English > 1 sense of the expression domestic terrorism:
NOUNactdomestic terrorismterrorism practiced in your own country against your own people / people
English > domestic terrorism: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningterrorism practiced in your own country against your own people / people.
Example"the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism"
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Broaderterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature

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