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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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Students and staff at the elementary school have been terrorized by the conduct that Sunrise's operations facilitate.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent.
—Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Arguably the biggest thing Caracalla did as emperor, besides terrorize people, was make every free man in the Roman Empire a citizen.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
When a visibly Jewish individual in an otherwise pleasant neighborhood is shot unprovoked on his way to synagogue, we are terrorized.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent.
—Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Arguably the biggest thing Caracalla did as emperor, besides terrorize people, was make every free man in the Roman Empire a citizen.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
When a visibly Jewish individual in an otherwise pleasant neighborhood is shot unprovoked on his way to synagogue, we are terrorized.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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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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