nonterror

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ terror

Adjective[edit]

nonterror (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to terrorism.
    • 2009 April 14, Bob Herbert, “The American Way”, in New York Times[1]:
      Since Sept. 11, 2001, when the country’s attention understandably turned to terrorism, nearly 120,000 Americans have been killed in nonterror homicides, most of them committed with guns.