terrorist attack
C3655
concept
A terrorist attack is a deliberate act of violence or threat of violence, typically against civilians or symbolic targets, carried out to instill fear and advance political, ideological, or religious objectives.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| terrorist attack canonical | 114 |
| suicide bombing | 10 |
| terrorist incident | 7 |
| terrorist bombing | 6 |
| domestic terrorism incident | 4 |
| political violence incident | 4 |
| sectarian attack | 3 |
| terrorist plot | 3 |
| Islamist terrorist incident | 2 |
| al-Qaeda attack | 2 |
| attack on a diplomatic mission | 2 |
| politically motivated attack | 2 |
| IRA bombing | 1 |
| Islamist terrorist attack | 1 |
| Palestinian militant attack | 1 |
| airport attack | 1 |
| attack on a government building | 1 |
| attack on the United States mainland | 1 |
| bombing of an embassy | 1 |
| chemical weapons attack | 1 |
| church bombing | 1 |
| domestic terrorism incident in the United States | 1 |
| far-right terrorism incident | 1 |
| far-right terrorist attack | 1 |
| foiled terrorist attack | 1 |
| mass hostage-taking | 1 |
| militant attack | 1 |
| terror campaign | 1 |
| terrorist bombing campaign | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: terrorist attack
Generated description
A terrorist attack is a deliberate act of violence or threat of violence, typically against civilians or symbolic targets, carried out to instill fear and advance political, ideological, or religious objectives.