terrorize
verb (used with object)
to fill or overcome with terror.
is terrorizing
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present progressiveof terrorize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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An ornery, board-jacking sea otter is terrorizing surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
I don't mean just afraid of climate change and global pandemics and mass shootings and whatever else is terrorizing your own imagination today.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
Initially, it appears that an aggressive lion is terrorizing them.
From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2022
Just in time for Thanksgiving, an aggressive gaggle of 40 to 60 wild turkeys is terrorizing the community in the Holiday City section of town.
From Fox News ● Nov. 8, 2019
Yes, that would be the legendary sleuth who solves the case of a vicious, allegedly supernatural hound that is terrorizing the titled Baskerville clan.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2013
