noun
a cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members)
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to insure operational security the members of adjacent terrorist cells usually don't know each other or the identity of their leadership
• Syn: ↑radical cell
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Hyponyms: ↑operational cell, ↑intelligence cell, ↑auxiliary cell
• Member Meronyms: ↑terrorist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.