terror
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- noun
- /ˈtɛrər/
- NSFW
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terrorismo
- Today, we, the citizens of Cuba, are being persecuted by a tyrant and his reign of terror, meted out to our population by his police, and especially by a certain colonel in the force whose name has become synonymous with sudden death.
- terror attacks
- acts of terror
- terror groups
And they believe that terror is the way forward.
- And they believe that terror is the way forward.
- And what they're doing is building terror in the victim.
- These, these, these engines used to reign terror on, on the British.
- The second set of major actions in the Terror are the national actions.
- It's also not the coercive terror of the malignant narcissist.
- So were those those terror groups that were in North Africa?
- We had suffered the most substantial terror attack in world history.
- Like he could rain some terror down on people.
- And then the Pakistan terror groups were not even on the list.
- What, what's your view on the terror watch list?
- But the the rebels just believe that by spreading terror is a means of control.
- And then I couldn't believe how fast they shifted from the global War on Terror to Ukraine.
- I don't remember any terror attacks in Atlanta, and neither does CNN.
- Bavarians countrymen in Munich rages of Russian terror unleashed by foreign elements.
- What happens at that point when a terror attack, a terror, a terrorist attack happens?
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We are at war with terror, and fighting war means casualties.
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It's the reign of terror.
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Unfortunately, this is the terror of war.
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For us, it is not a question of balance of terror but a question of survival.
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And what they're doing is building terror in the victim.
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As a country we fight terror like we are fighting windmills.
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Critics say the Clinton administration had plenty of overt acts of terror committed on its watch.
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And the FBI seems, at least for the moment, incapable of stopping the terror.
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We will not tire, we will not falter... ...and we will not fail in our quest to defeat those who intend to do us harm... ...through acts of terror.
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The government implemented strict measures to combat the rise of terror in the city.
Synonyms
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1.0
An unpleasant feeling of being afraid because something seems dangerous
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Violent acts that people do illegally to frighten others for political or religious reasons
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Trying to make people afraid to change their views or actions
To cause intense fear in people by threats or violence
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A sleep event, often in children, when a child wakes screaming in great fear and does not remember it
- NSFW
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A period during the French Revolution from 1793 to 1794 with mass executions and political violence
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A sleep problem where someone wakes from deep sleep with intense fear and often screams, usually without memory
How Coercive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Terror also came to mean the use of great fear to control people because it comes from terrere 'to frighten'. That's why terror can mean using fear to force or keep people in line.