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WTC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does WTC mean? 

WTC (noun)
  The noun WTC has 1 sense:

1. twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001play

  Familiarity information: WTC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WTC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

twin towers; World Trade Center; WTC

Instance hypernyms:

skyscraper (a very tall building with many stories)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Holonyms ("WTC" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)


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