TERRORIST CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does terrorist cell mean? 

• TERRORIST CELL (noun)
  The noun TERRORIST CELL has 1 sense:

1. a cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members)

  Familiarity information: TERRORIST CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERRORIST CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

radical cell; terrorist cell

Context example:

to insure operational security the members of adjacent terrorist cells usually don't know each other or the identity of their leadership

Hypernyms ("terrorist cell" is a kind of...):

cadre; cell (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)

Meronyms (members of "terrorist cell"):

terrorist (a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terrorist cell"):

operational cell (a terrorist cell that performs clandestine activities)

intelligence cell (a terrorist cell whose members are trained to perform reconnaissance and surveillance)

auxiliary cell (a terrorist cell responsible for logistics; usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells)