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As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
She was terrorized by nightmares.
Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
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Garrett and Carter on the same line would terrorize the NFL starting with the NFC East.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Blair Waldorf’s allegiance to Audrey Hepburn was rivalled only by her love of hairbands and terrorizing her Upper East Sider minions.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Another screeching twit who’s been terrorizing kids at a church-run, after-school activity center threw a punch at me.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
In September, Trump seized on rumors that Tren de Aragua had been running amok in Aurora and terrorizing a handful of apartment buildings.
—Rafael Romo, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Blair Waldorf’s allegiance to Audrey Hepburn was rivalled only by her love of hairbands and terrorizing her Upper East Sider minions.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Another screeching twit who’s been terrorizing kids at a church-run, after-school activity center threw a punch at me.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
In September, Trump seized on rumors that Tren de Aragua had been running amok in Aurora and terrorizing a handful of apartment buildings.
—Rafael Romo, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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terrorize
verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz 
terrorized; terrorizing
1
: to fill with terror
2
: to force by threat or violence
Legal Definition
terrorize
transitive verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz
terrorized; terrorizing
: to inflict terror upon
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