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ecoterrorist

[ ek-oh-ter-er-ist, -dz‑ ]

noun

  1. one who commits ecotage; monkey-wrencher.


ecoterrorist

/ ˈːəʊˌɛəɪ /

noun

  1. a person who uses violence in order to achieve environmentalist aims
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • o·ٱ۴ǰ· noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecoterrorist1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecoterrorist1

C20: from eco- + terrorist
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Example Sentences

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“He was an attorney who turned into an environmental activist who then became a self-proclaimed ‘ecoterrorist.’

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“And yet in about an hour, the Senate will be voting to confirm a known ecoterrorist collaborator to lead one of the most consequential land-management agencies,” she said during the floor debate.

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The vote came after a two-hour debate marked by heated speeches from Senate Republicans, who denounced her as a “radical,” an ecoterrorist,” “wholly unqualified,” and decried her nomination as “an insult to the American West.”

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“As such, we do not generally weigh in on the nominees or the confirmation process. However, the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning and the public information of her involvement in ecoterrorist tree spiking in the past is very disconcerting.”

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Another signer, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, said President Biden “should pull the nomination of a proven ecoterrorist to lead the Bureau of Land Management,” calling Ms. Stone-Manning a “radicalized extremist.”

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