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ter·ror·ize

(tĕr′ə-rīz′)

tr.v. ter·ror·ized, ter·ror·iz·ing, ter·ror·iz·es

1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.

2. To coerce or intimidate by causing fear. See Synonyms at frighten.

ter′ror·i·za′tion (-ər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

ter′ror·iz′er n.

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terrorize

(ˈtɛrəˌraɪz) or

terrorise

vb (tr)

1. to coerce or control by violence, fear, threats, etc

2. to inspire with dread; terrify

ˌterroriˈzation, ˌterroriˈsation n

ˈterrorˌizer, ˈterrorˌiser n

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ter•ror•ize

(ˈtɛr əˌraɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

1. to fill or overcome with terror.

2. to dominate or coerce by intimidation.

[1815–25]

ter`ror•i•za′tion, n.

ter′ror•iz`er, n.

terrorize

Past participle: terrorized
Gerund: terrorizing

Imperative
terrorize
terrorize

Present
I terrorize
you terrorize
he/she/it terrorizes
we terrorize
you terrorize
they terrorize

Preterite
I terrorized
you terrorized
he/she/it terrorized
we terrorized
you terrorized
they terrorized

Present Continuous
I am terrorizing
you are terrorizing
he/she/it is terrorizing
we are terrorizing
you are terrorizing
they are terrorizing

Present Perfect
I have terrorized
you have terrorized
he/she/it has terrorized
we have terrorized
you have terrorized
they have terrorized

Past Continuous
I was terrorizing
you were terrorizing
he/she/it was terrorizing
we were terrorizing
you were terrorizing
they were terrorizing

Past Perfect
I had terrorized
you had terrorized
he/she/it had terrorized
we had terrorized
you had terrorized
they had terrorized

Future
I will terrorize
you will terrorize
he/she/it will terrorize
we will terrorize
you will terrorize
they will terrorize

Future Perfect
I will have terrorized
you will have terrorized
he/she/it will have terrorized
we will have terrorized
you will have terrorized
they will have terrorized

Future Continuous
I will be terrorizing
you will be terrorizing
he/she/it will be terrorizing
we will be terrorizing
you will be terrorizing
they will be terrorizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been terrorizing
you have been terrorizing
he/she/it has been terrorizing
we have been terrorizing
you have been terrorizing
they have been terrorizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been terrorizing
you will have been terrorizing
he/she/it will have been terrorizing
we will have been terrorizing
you will have been terrorizing
they will have been terrorizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been terrorizing
you had been terrorizing
he/she/it had been terrorizing
we had been terrorizing
you had been terrorizing
they had been terrorizing

Conditional
I would terrorize
you would terrorize
he/she/it would terrorize
we would terrorize
you would terrorize
they would terrorize

Past Conditional
I would have terrorized
you would have terrorized
he/she/it would have terrorized
we would have terrorized
you would have terrorized
they would have terrorized

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Verb	1.	terrorize - coerce by violence or with threats terrorise coerce, force, hale, pressure, 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"
	2.	terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatly terrify, terrorise 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"

terrorize

verb

1. bully, menace, intimidate, threaten, oppress, coerce, strong-arm (informal), browbeat In his childhood he liked to terrorize his young siblings.

2. terrify, alarm, frighten, scare, intimidate, petrify, scare to death, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, fill with terror, scare the bejesus out of (informal), frighten out of your wits, inspire panic in The government had the helicopter gunships to terrorize the population.

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terrorize

verb

To fill with fear:

affright, alarm, frighten, panic, scare, scarify, startle, terrify.

Archaic: fright.

Idioms: make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, scare silly, scare the daylights out of.

Translations

terorizovatudržovat ve strachu

terrorisere

aterrorizar

terroriser

terrorizál

ógna, skelfa

terrorizzare atterrire

terorizovaťudržiavať v strachu

dehşet salmak

terrorize

[ˈterəraɪz] VT (= terrify) → aterrorizar; (= threaten, coerce) → atemorizar
they terrorized the population into submission → hicieron que la población se sometiera a base de atemorizarlos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

terrorize

[ˈtɛrəraɪz] terrorise (British) vt → terroriserterror-stricken [ˈtɛrə^rstrɪk^ən] terror-struck adj → terrorisé(e)

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terrorize

→ terrorisieren

(= intimidate) → einschüchtern; to terrorize somebody into doing something → jdn durch Einschüchterungen dazu bringen, etw zu tun

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terrorize

[ˈtɛrəˌraɪz] vt → terrorizzare

terror

(ˈterə) noun

1. very great fear. She screamed with/in terror; She has a terror of spiders.

2. something which makes one very afraid. The terrors of war.

3. a troublesome person, especially a child. That child is a real terror!

ˈterrorism noun

the actions or methods of terrorists. international terrorism.

ˈterrorist noun

a person who tries to frighten people or governments into doing what he/she wants by using or threatening violence. The plane was hijacked by terrorists; (also adjective) terrorist activities.

ˈterrorize, ˈterrorise verb

to make very frightened by using or threatening violence. A lion escaped from the zoo and terrorized the whole town.

ˌterroriˈzation, ˌterroriˈsation noun

ˈterror-stricken adjective

feeling very great fear. The children were terror-stricken.

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Their prodigious bounds and the shrill, screeching purr of their uncanny mouths were well calculated to confuse and terrorize their prey, so that as two of them leaped simultaneously from either side, the mighty sweep of those awful tails met with no resistance and two more green Martians went down to an ignoble death.

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To terrorize the prisoners the more, though with a certain loss of dignity, he danced along an imaginary plank, grimacing at them as he sang; and when he finished he cried, "Do you want a touch of the cat [`o nine tails] before you walk the plank?"

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This villain was able to terrorize him the instant that he got into his presence.

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President Rodrigo Duterte warned politicians on Monday, months before the 2019 midterm elections, not to 'terrorize' and 'harass' voters.

Duterte to 2019 bets: Do not terrorize, harass voters

Ke kasama kita sa gobyerno, kasama kita sa partido o kalaban kita sa politika, do not terrorize, do not intimidate, do not create fear in the voters [I would like to tell the candidates and that goes for the entire Philippines, I will not allow it during my watch regardless if you're in government, you're part of my party or rival in politics, do not terrorize, do not intimate, do not create fear in the voters]," during the awarding of housing units to Scout Rangers in San Miguel, Bulacan.

Duterte warns candidates against terrorizing, intimidating voters

Duterte tells candidates: Do not terrorize the people !-- -- Alexis Romero (philstar.com) - December 10, 2018 - 8:12pm MANILA, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned candidates in next year's polls not to "terrorize" voters, saying he would deal with them personally if they try to impose their will on the public.

Duterte tells candidates: Do not terrorize the people

Breijia described this as an act of bullying aiming to terrorize and scare residents of that area, especially that the settlers are against establishing the school, which Israel demolished many times before and Palestinians had rebuilt.