terror
intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror.
an instance or cause of intense fear or anxiety; quality of causing terror: to be a terror to evildoers.
any period of frightful violence or bloodshed likened to the Reign of Terror in France.
violence or threats of violence used for intimidation or coercion; terrorism.
Informal. a person or thing that is especially annoying or unpleasant.
Origin of terror
1synonym study For terror
Other words for terror
Opposites for terror
Other words from terror
- ter·ror·ful, adjective
- ter·ror·less, adjective
- coun·ter·ter·ror, noun
Words Nearby terror
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How to use terror in a sentence
When asked if the terror plot had an impact on the company’s recent spate of surprising policy changes, Facebook did not provide a direct response.
Militia tied to plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer was removed from Facebook in boogaloo purge | Taylor Hatmaker | October 8, 2020 | TechCrunchOn the other hand, the levels of fear are increasing due to the social effects and the messages of terror that this type of violence instills in the entire community.
Transgender woman’s death shocks Colombia | Yariel Valdés González | October 2, 2020 | Washington BladeI tried to determine the relationship between politicians using hate speech and the number of domestic terror attacks the country experienced the following year.
When Politicians Use Hate Speech, Political Violence Increases | LGBTQ-Editor | September 29, 2020 | No Straight NewsIt’s been almost three months since an independent group of United Nations experts called on the US government to conduct an independent investigation into racial terror.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets | Bobbie Johnson | September 3, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewDeep cultural memory entangles wolves and wilderness in all their terror and majesty.
How Yellowstone wolves got their own Ancestry.com page | Susan Milius | July 21, 2020 | Science News
And that is an awful lot less bloody than what happened during the Reign of terror.
The Sputnik shapes seem like a nod to Cold War surveillance morphing into Age of terror surveillance.
Yet his liberal voice was too often silenced on War on terror issues.
Eric Holder’s Legacy: Bold on Equality, Less So on Civil Liberties | Geoffrey R. Stone | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“They should go and join [the] Anti-terror Operation,” she said.
Ukraine Pop Star a Casualty in Culture War With Russia | Anna Nemtsova | August 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOddly enough, it was initially conceived as a weapon for the Global War on terror.
terror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanuterror and fascination caught him; he turned away lest she should reach his secret and communicate her own.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodBut France had had enough of the terror, and knew that she could evolve her safety by other means than that of the guillotine.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBefore very long the prisoners knew that, in spite of the terror, some powerful hand was extended over them.
An Episode Under the Terror | Honore de Balzacterror has been and always will be the most certain means of corrupting and enslaving the mind of man.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
British Dictionary definitions for terror
/ (ˈtɛrə) /
great fear, panic, or dread
a person or thing that inspires great dread
informal a troublesome person or thing, esp a child
terrorism
Origin of terror
1Derived forms of terror
- terrorful, adjective
- terrorless, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with terror
see holy terror.
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