e·co·ter·ror·ism

(ē′kō-tĕr′ə-rĭz′əm, ĕk′ō-)

Terrorism or sabotage committed in the name of environmental causes.

e′co·ter′ror·ist adj. & n.

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ecoterrorism

(ˌiːkəʊˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm)

1. (Environmental Science) terrorism aimed at preventing environmental destruction and hence usually targeting major polluters

2. (Law) terrorism aimed at preventing environmental destruction and hence usually targeting major polluters

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Noun

ecoterrorism - violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists

ecological terrorism, ecological warfare, eco-warfare

act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

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(77) John Sorenson, Constructing Ecoterrorism: Capitalism,

The "Pig Trial" Decision: The Save Movement, Legal Mischief, and the Legal Invisibilization of Farmed Animal Suffering

Mira Grant's novel Feed (42) is the first volume in a series following life in a postapocalyptic America where a third of the population has succumbed to the Kellis-Amberlee virus; zombies are a result of an ecoterrorism act that "released a half-tested 'cure for the common cold' into the atmosphere." The novel's dormant pathogen is based on Toxoplasma gondii, a pathogen that would not wipe out the entire susceptible population.

Emerging Infectious Literatures and the Zombie Condition

DOD also conducts campaign activities to build institutional capacity of foreign forces against ecoterrorism (commonly known as environmental terrorism).

The U.S. Government's Approach to Environmental Security: Focus on Campaign Activities

They're extremists wielding ecoterrorism as their choice of weaponry when people don't agree with their green opinions--the dangers of GMO, in particular.

Jesus and Magdalene

Last year, a 14-year-old was pulled out of class for questioning at his school in London, following his use of the term 'ecoterrorism' during a discussion on the environment in a French class.

A British Muslim seven-year-old reported to police over a piece of metal

Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy both publicly described the threat as 'ecoterrorism', and a senior Primary Industries official stated that the threat was 'designed to cause fear in order to generate a domestic policy outcome'--a description that many would accept as terrorism.

Policing terrorism in a void: John Battersby reviews New Zealand's approach to a major security concern in light of recent study group findings

"ecoterrorism," (216) ALF- and ELF-related convictions do not

ESTIMATING THE PREVALENCE OF ENTRAPMENT IN POST-9/11 TERRORISM CASES

In a sense, this ecoterrorism can be seen as the liberal equivalent of anti-abortion violence, having arisen during the same time period and utilizing analogous rhetoric.

Extremism in America

(149) Ecoterrorism rose to prominence in the 1990s, gaining substantial notoriety in the wake of several high-profile acts of terrorism carried out in the name of the cause.

Swatting political discourse: a domestic terrorism threat

(2.) Robert Locke, "Ecoterrorism and Us," Front Page Magazine, November 15, 2001, http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle,aspx?ARLID=24198.

The environmentalists' war on people