Terrorize

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  • transitive verb. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
  • transitive verb. To coerce or intimidate by causing fear. synonym: frighten.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fill with terror; control or coerce by terror; terrify; appal. Also spelled terrorise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Alternative spelling of terrorise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. fill with terror; frighten greatly
  • verb. coerce by violence or with threats
    • Word Usage
    "The Clantons will never again terrorize this town."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coerce  force  hale  pressure  squeeze  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affright  alarm  assault  attack  awe  
    verb-form
    terrorized  terrorizes  terrorizing  
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