"War on Terrorism" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the War on Terrorism [canonical]
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  1. (US) An ongoing campaign by the United States (and some of its allies) the stated aim of which is to counter international terrorism, but especially to counter al-Qaeda and other militant Muslim groups. Tags: US Categories (topical): History of the United States, War Translations (ongoing campaign by the US and its allies): 反恐戰爭 /反恐战争 (fǎnkǒng zhànzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), sota terrorismia vastaan (Finnish), Kriget mot Terrorismen (Swedish), chiến tranh chống khủng bố (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-War_on_Terrorism-en-name-dIw~d66Y Disambiguation of History of the United States: 59 41 Disambiguation of War: 50 50 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'ongoing campaign by the US and its allies': 75 25
  2. The common term for the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against Islamic terrorism, and specifically used in reference to operations by the United States, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Categories (topical): War Translations (common term for conflict against Islamic terrorism): 反恐戰爭 /反恐战争 (fǎnkǒng zhànzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), sota terrorismia vastaan (Finnish), Kriget mot Terrorismen (Swedish), chiến tranh chống khủng bố (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-War_on_Terrorism-en-name-~Kjbu1HG Disambiguation of War: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'common term for conflict against Islamic terrorism': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: War on Terror
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