terror-stricken

[ ter-er-strik-uhn ]

/ ˈtɛr ərˌstrɪk ən /

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adjective

overwhelmed by terror; terrified.

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Also ter·ror-struck

[ter-er-struhk]. /ˈtɛr ərˌstrʌk/.

Origin of terror-stricken

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby terror-stricken

terroir, terror, terrorism, terrorist, terrorize, terror-stricken, terry, Terry's syndrome, Tersanctus, terse, tersely

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How to use terror-stricken in a sentence

Then came a call to pick up two stricken American health workers.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the courage with which he worked in his Ebola-stricken native land is inarguable.
Was Flying Hero Doctor With Ebola to the U.S. the Wrong Call?|Abby Haglage|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And that is an awful lot less bloody than what happened during the Reign of Terror.
Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yama survives with her 15-year-old brother, the only family member not stricken by the virus.
In Sierra Leone, the Plague Is Closing in Around Us|Ned Eustace|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Sputnik shapes seem like a nod to Cold War surveillance morphing into Age of Terror surveillance.
Art in the Age of National Security|Terry Greene Sterling|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Fanu
Two artillery subalterns who had fought their way through a mob stricken with panic for the moment, soon arrived.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Terror and fascination caught him; he turned away lest she should reach his secret and communicate her own.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
She didn't move for a minute, and the shocked, stricken look in her eyes grew more intense.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for terror-stricken

terror-stricken

terror-struck

adjective

in a state of terror

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