Definitions for Counterterrorism
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. counterterrorismnoun

   a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Counterterrorism

   Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism. Counterterrorism strategies are a government's motivation to use the instruments of national power to defeat terrorists, the organizations they maintain, and the networks they contain.If definitions of terrorism are part of a broader insurgency, counterterrorism may employ counterinsurgency measures. The United States Armed Forces uses the term foreign internal defense for programs that support other countries' attempts to suppress insurgency, lawlessness, or subversion, or to reduce the conditions under which threats to national security may develop.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. counterterrorism

   Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks. Also called CT. See also antiterrorism; combating terrorism; terrorism.

Matched Categories

1. • Scheme
   • Terrorism

How to pronounce Counterterrorism?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Counterterrorism in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Counterterrorism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Counterterrorism in a Sentence

1. Elissa Slotkin:

   I met my husband on my third tour in Iraq, he’s a career army officer. His name’s Dave. We’re a service family, right? He’s thirty years in the army as an Apache pilot. He’s still a civilian counterterrorism planner four days a week at the Pentagon.

2. Rob Malley:

   As you’ll hear more coming out of the summit, there’s been agreements reached to increase our cooperation on counterterrorism, streamlining the transfer of critical defense capabilities to our GCC partners, bolstering GCC ballistic defense ... systems, and defending against the cyber threat, on all of those, I think you’ll see progress has been made, there's been much deeper cooperation between us and the GCC.

3. John Allen:

   The counterterrorism component works just fine to go after the high-value targets and key leaders.

4. Ben Sasse:

   Counterterrorism simply is not as great a threat as our long-term China issues are.

5. Hank Taylor:

   I would add that intelligence, law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals are conducting screening and security vetting for all SIV [ special immigrant visa ] and others, vulnerable Afghans, before they are allowed to enter into the United States, these agencies are surging resources to evaluate all of these evacuees to ensure protection of the homeland.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Counterterrorism
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorism
3. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf