terrorize
verb (used with object)
to fill or overcome with terror.
terrorise
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a variation of
terrorize.
Example Sentences
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Madagascar's security forces on Friday said they had taken "strict measures" as they claimed the protesters aimed to "terrorise the population" and "incite looting".
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
These words surely terrorise many in the city.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
"So we're not going to let people terrorise us."
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022
Late last year Mr Sowe, a career civil servant, went on a nationwide tour, meeting mayors, religious figures and village chiefs, and explaining that his job was to protect rather than terrorise them.
From Economist ● Jan. 10, 2018
In honourable war you conquer your adversary by superior courage, strength, or wit, but you do not terrorise him by particular penalties aimed at individuals.
From The Great Boer War by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
