VERB | social | terrorize, terrorise | coerce by violence or with threats / threats |
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emotion | terrorize, terrify, terrorise | fill with terror |
Sounds | teh'reray.z | |
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Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... |
Meaning | coerce by violence or with threats / threats. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot terrorize Sue | |
Synonym | terrorise | |
Broader | coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
Spanish | aterrar, aterrorizar, horririzar | |
Nouns | terror | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
terrorization | an act of terrorism |
Meaning | Fill with terror; frighten greatly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will terrorize him | |
Synonyms | terrify, terrorise | |
Narrower | panic | Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
Spanish | aterrar, aterrorizar, espantar | |
Catalan | abasardar, aterrar, aterrir, esfereir | |
Nouns | terror | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
terrorization | the act of inspiring with fear |
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