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TERRORIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill with terror; frighten greatly

Synonyms:

terrify; terrorise; terrorize

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "terrorize" is one way to...):

affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "terrorize"):

panic (cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will terrorize him

Derivation:

terror (an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety)

terrorization (the act of inspiring with fear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coerce by violence or with threats

Synonyms:

terrorise; terrorize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "terrorize" is one way to...):

coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot terrorize Sue

Derivation:

terror (an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety)

terrorization (an act of terrorism)

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