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war on terrorism

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
war on ter-ror-ism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ongoing campaign by the United States (and some of its allies) the stated aim of which is to counter international terrorism, but especially to counter al-Qaeda and other militant Muslim groups.

American usage

name

The common term for the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against Islamic terrorism, and specifically used in reference to operations by the United States, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the War on Terrorism (canonical)

Phrases

Cold War

Frequently Paired Words

Cold War

Synonyms

War on Terror

Questions

What does war on terrorism mean?
An ongoing campaign by the United States (and some of its allies) the stated aim of which is to counter international terrorism, but especially to counter al-Qaeda and other militant Muslim groups.

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