Definition of terrorise Terrorise
/tˈɛɹəɹˌaɪz/ - ter•ror•ise
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British English
terrorise - /tˈɛɹəɹˌaɪz/
American English
terrorize - /tɛˈɹɚajˌz/
What does terrorise mean?
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| terrorise - fill with terror; frighten greatly | ||
| terrify, terrorize | ||
| affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| panic cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" | ||
| terrorise - coerce by violence or with threats | ||
| terrorize | ||
| coerce, hale, pressure, force, squeeze to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" | ||
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