biological terrorism, bioterrorism - terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare

chemical terrorism - terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can underminethe personal security of citizens; "a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced"

cyber-terrorism, cyberwar - an assault on electronic communication networks

domestic terrorism - terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people; "the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism"

eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare, ecoterrorism - violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists

international terrorism - terrorism practiced by a in a foreign country by terrorists who ae not native to that country

narcoterrorism - the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade

nuclear terrorism - the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials; "assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism"

state-sponsored terrorism - terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism

theoterrorism - terrorism for a religious purpose

coercion - the act of compelling by force of authority

terrorist attack - a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims