counterterrorist

counterterrorist

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ terrorist

Adjective

counterterrorist (not comparable)

1. Intended to combat terrorism
   • 1988, January 29, “Michael Miner”, in Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam‎:

     Henry Kissinger was there; so was Robert Komer, the CIA officer who ran the counterterrorist "pacification" program in 1967 and '68 […] .

Translations

intended to combat terrorism

French: contreterroriste (fr) m, f

Polish: antyterrorystyczny (pl)

Noun

counterterrorist (plural counterterrorists)

1. A person involved in counter-terrorism, who works against terrorists.
   • 2007 January 12, Alessandra Stanley, “Bombers Strike, and America Is in Turmoil. It’s Just Another Day for Jack Bauer.”, in New York Times‎:

     Every new season of this Fox thriller is another twist of a kaleidoscope: the same pieces — terrorists; counterterrorists (and, almost inevitably, a mole); an innocent suburban family; and the president, his aides and his family — are tumbled together to form new patterns around the central figure of the special agent Jack Bauer.