anti-terrorist
adjective
an·ti-ter·ror·ist
ˌan-tē-ˈter-ər-ist 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antiterrorist
: acting against, opposing, or combating terrorists : anti-terrorism
anti-terrorist operations/tactics
Examples of anti-terrorist in a Sentence
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To collect the civil judgment, her attorneys will rely on an anti-terrorist law to pursue frozen Cuban assets in this country - an arduous process that will involve finding the assets, garnishing them and then obtaining President Bush’s approval to tap them.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Following the March 2025 Jaffar Express attack, prominent Baloch rights defender Mahrang Baloch was arrested under anti-terrorist laws, while three protesters were shot dead at a peaceful sit-in in Quetta.
—Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Creasy’s best friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) recruits him to join him in Brazil and help lead an anti-terrorist operation.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The anti-terrorist fence has saved the lives of thousands of Israelis from Palestinian terrorists coming from the West Bank (also known as the biblical region of Judea and Samaria), according to counter-terrorism officials in Israel.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Wilkin works with Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling) in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, chasing the charismatic poet and underground leader Avraham Stern (Aury Alby).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 July 2025
The training would focus on anti-terrorist operations including hostage rescue, the ministry added.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
The exit from Niger, a centerpiece in Paris’s anti-terrorist activities, is an especially hard blow for France, whose counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel region are likely to weaken.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
France’s anti-terrorist prosecutors office hasn’t yet been seized.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 June 2023
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Following the March 2025 Jaffar Express attack, prominent Baloch rights defender Mahrang Baloch was arrested under anti-terrorist laws, while three protesters were shot dead at a peaceful sit-in in Quetta.
—Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Creasy’s best friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) recruits him to join him in Brazil and help lead an anti-terrorist operation.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The anti-terrorist fence has saved the lives of thousands of Israelis from Palestinian terrorists coming from the West Bank (also known as the biblical region of Judea and Samaria), according to counter-terrorism officials in Israel.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Wilkin works with Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling) in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, chasing the charismatic poet and underground leader Avraham Stern (Aury Alby).
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 July 2025
The training would focus on anti-terrorist operations including hostage rescue, the ministry added.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
The exit from Niger, a centerpiece in Paris’s anti-terrorist activities, is an especially hard blow for France, whose counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel region are likely to weaken.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
France’s anti-terrorist prosecutors office hasn’t yet been seized.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 June 2023
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