ecological terrorism

ecological terrorism
noun
violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists
Hypernyms: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act

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ecological terrorism,
= environmental terrorism. (Cf.environmental terrorism)

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