terrify
verb (used with object)
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
have terrified
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present perfectof terrify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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From Marie Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors to Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion to horror-themed escape rooms, haunted house attractions have terrified and delighted audiences around the world for more than 200 years.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 31, 2022
Though the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were once widely thought to have terrified Japan into surrender, some historians have since cast doubt on that view.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Televised scenes of Russian strikes have terrified parents, including a new Canadian father who spoke on the condition of anonymity because his religion forbade surrogacy.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Just as a man in a bandanna striding into a bank might have terrified you four months ago, the sight of a bare-faced stranger on a 737 might do the trick now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2020
I think of how this would have terrified seven-year-old Javier.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
