terro, noun

Origin:
Abbreviation of terrorist.
terr sense 1.
1979 Citizen 9 Apr. 2Terros fire on town.
1986 Citizen 23 Apr. 2Terro’s arms cache.
1988 G. Silber in Style June 46The crew..takes turns to interrogate the terro —..ag, black man.
1989 E. Prov. Herald 6 Apr. 2The beards are coming back...The more terros there are, the longer the hair. When the terros go, so does the hair.
1994 Weekly Mail & Guardian 16 Sept. 2Comic terros never die...The photo-comic hero is still waging his one-man war against the likes of the evil Major Cuba.
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