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cyberterror

cyberterror noun: cyberterrorism.

Noun

cyberterror (uncountable)

  1. Cyberterrorism
    • He has dismissed cyberterror in reports for the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies.2004 September 6, “Cyberterrorism”, in Forbes, Forbes Inc., page 72
    • The committee added nearly $1.7 billion for extra antiterrorism efforts by the Pentagon and CIA, including money to protect against cyberterror attacks on computers2006, “Defense Policy”, in Congress and the Nation: Politics and Policy in the 107th and 108th Congress, volume 11, Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, →ISBN, page 316

Origin of cyberterror

From cyber- + terror.

Questions about cyberterror

What does cyberterror mean?
Cyberterror means cyberterrorism.
What part of speech is cyberterror?
Cyberterror is a noun.

Words near cyberterror in the dictionary

  1. cybertechnological
  2. cybertechnologies
  3. cybertechnology
  4. cyberterritories
  5. cyberterritory
  6. cyberterror
  7. cyberterrorism
  8. cyberterrorist
  9. cyberterrorists
  10. cybertext
  11. cybertexts

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