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terrorise

DEFINITIONS OF: terrorise

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v coerce by violence or with threats

Synonyms:
terrorize
Type of:
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"

v fill with terror; frighten greatly

Synonyms:
terrify, terrorize
Types:
panic
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
Type of:
affright, fright, frighten, scare
cause fear in
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