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Army vs Terrorism - What's the difference?

army | terrorism |

As a proper noun army

is a sports team representing the.

As a noun terrorism is

the deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.

army

English

(wikipedia army)

Noun

(armies)
  • A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
    • The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
  • # Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
  • The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
  • # (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
  • The Fourth Army''' suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second '''Army , also deployed on the Western front.
  • The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
    • The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
  • (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
    • It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
  • (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
    • Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
  • (figuratively) Any multitude.
    • On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.

    Synonyms

    * host * *

    Derived terms

    () * army ant * army base * army boots * army group * army surplus * Swiss Army Knife, Swiss Army Penknife * * bonsai army

    Related terms

    () * arm, arms, armed * armament * armor, armour

    See also

    * Navy * Air Force * Marines

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    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words English collective nouns

    terrorism

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) ("terrorism" on Wikipedia)
  • The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.
  • Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives.
  • A form of psychological manipulation through warfare to the purpose of political or religious gains, by means of deliberately creating a climate of fear amongst the inhabitants of a specific geographical region.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=The threat of terrorism' to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty. David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter ' terrorism ”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.}}

    Derived terms

    * agroterrorism * antiterrorism * bioterrorism * counter-terrorism * cyberterrorism * ecoterrorism * electronic terrorism * narcoterrorism English words suffixed with -ism ----