Synonyms for terrorist attack
ter·ror·ist at·tack

Princeton's WordNet

1. terrorist attacknoun

   a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims

Matched Categories

1. • Surprise Attack
   • Terrorism

How to pronounce terrorist attack?

How to say terrorist attack in sign language?

How to use terrorist attack in a sentence?

1. Wesley Hunt:

   I can assure you, a terrorist attack in the future is imminent if we don’t do something now to stop the bleeding.

2. Republican Representative Bruce Babin:

   The terrorist attack in Paris by militant Islamists is a loud clanging alarm bell to Congress and the American people warning us why we must block Obama’s reckless and foolish plan to allow tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S..

3. Zaw Htay:

   Now the Myanmar military is attacking and following them. They ran away after attacking the civilian targets, this is not an ethnic rights movement, this is a terrorist attack.

4. Uri Orbach:

   In order to succeed in this battle we must realize that this is yet another struggle between the sons of light and the sons of darkness. And light shall win. (on terrorist attack at the Chabad’s house in India)

5. Thomas Doherty:

   I don't think the funeral will be the last great global event of the television era, but, alas, the great global TV events of the future will probably be disasters : an assassination, a terrorist attack, a deliberate or accidental nuclear event, a huge natural disaster, a pandemic, a coup in a major North American democracy — something everyone will have to watch.