counterterrorist

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ terrorist.

Adjective

counterterrorist (not comparable)

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

     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

• Belarusian: контртэрарысты́чны (kontrterarystýčny)
• French: contreterroriste (fr) m or f
• German: konterterroristisch
• Polish: antyterrorystyczny (pl)
• Russian: контртеррористи́ческий (ru) (kontrterroristíčeskij)
• Ukrainian: контртерористи́чний (kontrterorystýčnyj), антитерористи́чний (antyterorystýčnyj)

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^[2]:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: antyterrorysta m