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.

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1. counterterrorism

   Counterterrorism refers to the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies employed by governments, law enforcement agencies, military or other organizations to detect, deter, prevent, or respond to threats or acts of terrorism. It also involves various physical and ideological alterations designed to make a society less vulnerable to terrorist attacks. It can include surveillance, intelligence gathering, law enforcement actions, diplomacy, and military operations.

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

How to say counterterrorism in sign language?

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. Ben Sasse:

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

2. Mike McCaul:

   This is a very difficult counterterrorism challenge in the United States.

3. Edward Ramotowski:

   All applicable security checks were done for that individual, Ms. Malik, that includes an immigrant visa interview, it includes facial recognition screening, it includes interagency counterterrorism screening, it included a review by the visa security unit of immigration and customs enforcement, which as a detachment in Islamabad in our embassy there and it included the full biometric fingerprint checks and in all cases, the results of those checks were clear. There were no indications of any ill intent by that individual at the time the visa was issued.

4. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross:

   It shows a legitimate evolution in Chinese thinking on counterterrorism efforts, whether the law allows for cross-border counterterrorism missions is sure to have an impact on military preparations and, ultimately, doctrine.

5. Former Army:

   That is a dangerous capability, it's never a good thing to have senior counterterrorism people become terrorists.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ 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