All 3 Uses of
9/11
in
No Easy Day
- This was 2007, and 9/11 was six years behind us.†
p. 150.89/11 = September 11, 2001; when suicide bombers hijacked US airliners and used them as missiles to kill about 3,000 people
- Al-Qahtani eventually told them that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the planner of the September 11 attacks, sent him to the United States.†
p. 164.6 *September 11 attacks = when suicide bombers hijacked US airliners and used them as missiles to kill about 3,000 people
- And around the globe, we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of al Qaeda terrorists, including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot," Obama said.†
p. 274.99/11 = September 11, 2001; when suicide bombers hijacked US airliners and used them as missiles to kill about 3,000 people
Definitions:
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(1)
(9/11) September 11, 2001; when Al Qaeda suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs to destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and to attack the Pentagon; about 3,000 innocents (mostly civilians) were killed
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, 9/11 can refer to any September 11th.