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terrorize

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ter·ror·ize  (tr-rz)
tr.v. ter·ror·ized, ter·ror·iz·ing, ter·ror·iz·es
1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
2. To coerce by intimidation or fear. See Synonyms at frighten.

terror·i·zation (-r--zshn) n.
terror·izer n.

terrorize or -ise
Verb
[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised
1. to control or force (someone) to do something by violence, fear, threats, etc.: he was terrorized into withdrawing his accusations
2. to make (someone) very frightened
terrorization
-isation n
terrorizer
-iser n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.terrorize - coerce by violence or with threats
coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
2.terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatly
affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
panic - cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

terrorize or terrorise
verb 2. terrify, alarm, frighten, scare, intimidate, petrify, scare to death, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, fill with terror, frighten out of your wits, inspire panic in
Translations

terrorize [ˈtɛrəraɪz] vtaterrorizar
terrorize [ˈtɛrəraɪz] vtterroriser
terrorize [ˈtɛrəraɪz] terror vtterrorisieren
terrorize [ˈtɛrəraɪz] vtterrorizzare


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Their prodigious bounds and the shrill, screeching purr of their uncanny mouths were well calculated to confuse and terrorize their prey, so that as two of them leaped simultaneously from either side, the mighty sweep of those awful tails met with no resistance and two more green Martians went down to an ignoble death.
To terrorize the prisoners the more, though with a certain loss of dignity, he danced along an imaginary plank, grimacing at them as he sang; and when he finished he cried, "Do you want a touch of the cat [`o nine tails] before you walk the plank?
This villain was able to terrorize him the instant that he got into his presence.
 
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