to terrorize
145
6.7
- verb
- /ˈtɛrəˌraɪz/
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- They know that fear creates clicks and they're willing to terrorize people for their ad revenue.
- terrorize people
- terrorize the population
- terrorize civilians
And it's hard, it's hard to watch people be terrorized like this.
- And it's hard, it's hard to watch people be terrorized like this.
- How often do you terrorize yourself with your own thoughts?
- Bakaya Saka was arguably England's best player that day, terrorizing that right hand side.
- There's a saying in Russia, you know, terrorize your own people so that others will be afraid.
- Poor Strudwick, I mean, Stredwick terrorized poor Holly.
- He calls it the claw and it terrorized me when I was a child.
- You can guide them, but you shouldn't be beating them or terrorizing them.
- I say, well, he said he could take a small city, terrorize it.
- That means ensuring Hamas can no longer terrorize Israel and use Palestinian civilians as human Shields.
- It's not about students being terrorized.
- It's like they they're just terrorizing a poor neighborhood in a part of Delhi for a few weeks.
Examples
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This afternoon, this neighborhood was terrorized by a bank holdup gone wrong.
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In my town, when I was little, there was a brute, a bully who terrorized the place.
Fiction book (1996) -
And it's hard, it's hard to watch people be terrorized like this.
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And that allows them to terrorize people who are dissidents.
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In support of the invasion, they have been terrorizing the city from within.
Fiction book (2002) -
Even with this protection, the nine students were terrorized constantly by their schoolmates.
Fiction book (2000) -
What could be more sadistic and cruel than cluster-bombing children and terrorizing whole cities?
Academic text (2004) -
They're terrorizing us.
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Now that Mystery Inc. Is back together... any comment on the Mud Bog Ghoul who's been terrorizing London?
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The bully would often terrorize younger students during recess.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make someone feel afraid or unsure of themselves
987
3.3
To tell someone you will hurt them to make them afraid
540
1.0
To make someone feel afraid
294
4.9
To frighten someone so they do what you want
148
3.2
To make someone feel very frightened
68
3.8
To scare or hurt someone, often someone weaker
59
3.7
To frighten someone very much
56
6.7
To make someone very afraid
19
4.6
To threaten people or places with harm
7
4.8
To make someone so frightened that they cannot move or think
5
8.8
To make someone very afraid
5
9.0
To frighten someone very much by a sudden event or loud noise
3
8.2
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
3
8.2
To frighten someone very much
3
6.9
To frighten someone very much
3
5.6
To make someone very afraid
1
8.2
To make someone feel small or afraid by showing great power
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
terrorize = terror (transparent) = terr + or + ize
The verb is transparently formed from the noun 'terror' with '-ize', meaning 'cause terror or frighten greatly'.
Etymology
Terrorize comes from the word terror, which means 'great fear', and the ending -ize, which means 'to make'. So to terrorize someone is to make them very afraid, often by using threats or violence.