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

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.
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