Word info

white terror

Speech parts

1. white terror - Noun

2. White terror - Proper noun

Meaning

white terror (countable and uncountable, plural white terrors)

(politics) Coordinated violence committed against (actual or imagined) socialists and their sympathizers.
Antonym: red terror

White Terror

(politics, history) Any one of several specific white terrors in history.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

According to Gabriel Jackson, the number of victims of the "White Terror" (executions and hunger or illness in prisons) only between 1939 and 1943 was 200,000. Source: Internet

He argues that during the preceding White Terror of the Krasnov regime, between 25 and 40 thousand Cossacks were killed. citation The Cossack homelands were often very fertile. Source: Internet

Horthy has never been found to have personally engaged in White Terror atrocities. Source: Internet

On 22 May 1919 Riga was recaptured by Freikorps and White Terror began. Source: Internet

Retrieved at on March 12, 2011. p. 38 In Communist's opinion, they believe the White Terror in China took millions of lives, most of them in the rural areas. Source: Internet

The fall of the Montagnards in July 1794 was followed by a new White Terror aimed at the revolutionaries. Source: Internet

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