War on Terror

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proper nounthe War on Terror

Synonym of War on Terrorism.
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A list obtained and partially verified by the AP cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone, one of dozens in southern Xinjiang. In recent years, China has waged a brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim minority, which it has described as a war on terror.
2022 May 16, Huizhong Wu, Drake Kang, “Uyghur country in China has highest prison rate in the world”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 May 2022
Synonyms: War on Terrorism

proper nounSynonym of War on Terrorism.

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