terroristic
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˌtɛrəˈrɪstɪk/
- NSFW
- The horror movie was filled with terroristic scenes that left the audience trembling in fear.
Examples
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Indeed, I do not believe the Serbian aggression in Croatia and Bosnia was ever meant to be a serious military effort; the intention from the beginning was simply terroristic.
Academic text (1993) -
It's not a terroristic threat, though.
Blog text (30) -
Side A is terroristic and does not want peace.
Academic text (2001) -
It's nothing terroristic.
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Creek raids were not well-planned or militarily valuable, but random and terroristic; locals were quick to condemn them as such.
Academic text (2014) -
Contrary to Long's contention, these acts are terroristic not because of our political objections to their cause, but because the violence had as its objective the maiming and murder of noncombatants.
Academic text (1991) -
His terroristic threats made everyone in the room feel extremely uneasy.
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The documentary revealed terroristic acts that shocked the community and raised concerns about safety.
Synonyms
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1.0
Causing fear or making you feel afraid
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3.0
Causing someone to feel afraid
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5.3
Making people feel very afraid
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4.8
Very frightening and likely to make people afraid
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5.1
Very scary and likely to make someone feel afraid
Antonyms
How Frightening
Surface Forms
Morphology
terroristic = terror (semi-transparent) = terr + or + istic
The form is built from 'terror' plus '-istic', but the sense has broadened to mean 'very frightening' rather than simply 'of terror'.
Etymology
Terroristic comes from the word terror, which means 'great fear', and the ending -istic, which means 'related to' or 'like', and it shares the same root as terrify and terrible. So terroristic can mean something meant to cause very strong fear or that is very frightening.