Terror

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  • noun. Intense, overpowering fear. synonym: fear.
  • noun. One that instills intense fear.
  • noun. The ability to instill intense fear.
  • noun. Violence committed or threatened by a group, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals.
  • noun. The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
  • noun. An annoying person or thing, especially an ill-mannered or disruptive child.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Extreme fear or fright; violent dread.
  • noun. A person or thing that terrifies or strikes with terror; a cause of dread or extreme fear: often used in humorous exaggeration.
  • To fill with terror.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
  • noun. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
  • noun. death.
  • noun. See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. intense dread, fright, or fear.
  • noun. specific instances of being intensely terrified
  • noun.  the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction
  • noun.  something or someone that causes such fear.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a very troublesome child
  • noun. the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
  • noun. a person who inspires fear or dread
  • noun. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  • Word Usage
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