Examples of terrorize in a Sentence
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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Following a mysterious suicide of one of its students, a small town high school is terrorized by a website that seems to know all their intimate secrets.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Such special operations reduce the enemy's ability to terrorize Ukrainian cities with missile strikes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Terror — every parent is terrorized by a child at some point.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
The federal employees at ICE did not sign up for their jobs to terrorize communities and steal grandmothers from their families without even a goodbye.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Such special operations reduce the enemy's ability to terrorize Ukrainian cities with missile strikes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Terror — every parent is terrorized by a child at some point.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
The federal employees at ICE did not sign up for their jobs to terrorize communities and steal grandmothers from their families without even a goodbye.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 25 Mar. 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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