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terrify
  1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
  2. To menace or intimidate.
  3. (obsolete) To make terrible.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Funny how I can watch all sorts of horror movies for hours and not get scared while that movie and its sequel terrify me!”
      “Perhaps, though I scarcely dare to hope it, the hydrogen bomb will terrify mankind into sanity and tolerance.”
      “The sight of these illuminated beasts, belching out fire and smoke on a dark night was intended to terrify would-be intruders.”
terrorise
  1. To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
  2. To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The ruthless dictator used his power to terrorise the entire nation, instilling fear through brutal intimidation tactics and overt threats.”
      “Messages don't even need to come from known terrorists in order to terrorise these days.”
      “He has no probs getting around at night thwacking the bad guys who terrorise his neighbourhood.”
terrorize
  1. To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
  2. To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “As the snake, whom he named Ra, increased in size, it began to terrorize the neighborhood.”
      “The stalker uses his cellular phone to terrorize his victims. He also uses it to ask his prey trivia questions or offer critiques of low-grade horror movies.”
      “Extremists seek to terrorize innocent men, women and children, whoever they are and wherever they may live.”
terrified
terrifying
terrifie
  1. Obsolete form of terrify.
terrorises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of terrorise
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terrorizes
terrifies
terrorized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of terrorize
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They were left to be hunted and terrorized by a group of sociopathic slayers.”
      “He describes games of stick ball and stoop ball and being terrorized by his older cousin David, whose mother was boarded by Dad's parents.”
      “We have seen cutlines and statements by the administration and others talking about London terrorized, terror in London.”
terrorised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of terrorise
  2. Examples:
    1. “The last festival I went to was terrorised by drunken yobbos and violent episodes.”
      “Groups of blue-finned trevally terrorised the glassfish and fusiliers as they hunted for their meal.”
      “The tiny port is dominated by a grim stronghold castle, previously home to the pirates who terrorised the coast for centuries.”
terrorising
  1. present participle of terrorise
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was imprisoned in Switzerland for terrorising skiers while dressed as a yeti.”
      “Posters and leaflets are being distributed at Oldhams estate to publicise the terms of a court order banning the boy from terrorising residents.”
      “A gang of young girls is terrorising residents of Darwin's northern suburbs.”
terrorizing
  1. present participle of terrorize
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Vandals brought havoc to two villages at the weekend causing damage and terrorizing residents.”
      “It continues its raids, terrorizing villages, killing civilians and capturing and enslaving children.”
      “In two incidents thieves broke into the wrong homes, terrorizing families who had no knowledge of grow operations.”
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