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the terrorists will have won en · X

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  1. (idiomatic) Phrase used to indicate that if a specified activity is not continued or carried out, those who seek to disrupt normal activities through terror will have succeeded, which is an unacceptable result.
    • If you throttle the free press, the terrorists will have won. 1979, Edwin Nobles Lowe with Harry D. Shargel, Legal and other aspects of terrorism, page 222:
    • If governments overact and become oppressive, the terrorists will have won, for their theory is that repression will eventually lead to revolution. 1989, Susheela Bhan, Terrorism: an Annotated Bibliography, page 116:
    • If we have to wear sweaters and turn down our thermostat, the terrorists will have won. 2009, Andrea Cohen-Kiener, Claiming Earth As Common Ground: The Ecological Crisis Through the Lens of Faith, page 17:

Translations (2)

it hanno vinto i terroristi (Translations) · es los terroristas han vencido (Translations)