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Definition of Terrorist cell
1. Noun. A cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members). "To insure operational security the members of adjacent terrorist cells usually don't know each other or the identity of their leadership"
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Cadre, Cell
Specialized synonyms: Operational Cell, Intelligence Cell, Auxiliary Cell
Member holonyms: Terrorist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrorist Cell
Literary usage of Terrorist cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Combating Terrorism: A U.S. Marine Corps Field Manual (1994)
"Typically, the active cadre in one terrorist cell will have only one point of
contact within another terrorist cell. Due to its selective nature, ..."
2. Human Rights Watch World Report, 2003: Events of 2002 (November 2001 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (2003)
"... Goodridge issued a public statement announcing that Bility and the others were
being held on suspicion of operating a rebel terrorist cell in Monrovia. ..."
3. A License to Kill: Israeli Operations Against "Wanted" and Masked Palestinians by Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"On 12 December, 1991, an IDF unit surprised a Palestinian terrorist cell and
succeeded in arresting its members, except one armed terrorist who managed to ..."
4. Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and by Stephen Sloan (1992)
"(2) What types of forces, either jointly or individually, should be used in
preempting different types of targets—ranging from the individual terrorist cell ..."
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