terrorise
- 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
And yet 'Twere a child's game to what I have to do, For days and days with sleepless faith oppress And terrorise the demon sea.
From Georgian Poetry 1911-12 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
