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War on Terror

War on Terror proper noun: synonym of War on Terrorism.

Proper noun

the War on Terror

  1. Synonym of War on Terrorism.
    • A list obtained and partially verified by the AP cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone, one of dozens in southern Xinjiang. In recent years, China has waged a brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim minority, which it has described as a...2022 May 16, Huizhong Wu, Drake Kang, “Uyghur country in China has highest prison rate in the world”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 May 2022

Synonyms of War on Terror

Questions about War on Terror

What does War on Terror mean?
War on Terror means synonym of War on Terrorism.
What part of speech is War on Terror?
War on Terror is a proper noun.

Words near War on Terror in the dictionary

  1. War of the Rebellion
  2. War of the Roses
  3. War of the Sicilian Vespers
  4. war of words
  5. War on Christmas
  6. War on Terror
  7. War on Terrorism
  8. War on Women
  9. war orphan
  10. war orphans
  11. war paint

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