terrorize

terrorize
Synonyms and related words:
affright, alarm, assault, attack, awe, barbarize, batter, beat down, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, break, browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, burn, butcher, carry on, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, demoralize, despotize, destroy, domineer, domineer over, dragoon, enslave, fright, go on, grind, grind down, hammer, harass, hector, henpeck, huff, intimidate, keep down, keep under, lay waste, loot, lord it over, maul, mug, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, pillage, press heavy on, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rape, rave, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, riot, roar, ruin, sack, savage, scare, scare to death, slaughter, sow chaos, spook, startle, storm, strong-arm, subjugate, suppress, systematically terrorize, tear, tear around, terrify, threaten, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, vandalize, violate, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on, wreck

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  • terrorize — ter·ror·ize / ter ər ˌīz/ vt ized, iz·ing: to inflict terror upon ter·ror·i·za·tion /ˌter ər ə zā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Terrorize — Ter ror*ize, v. t. [Cf. F. terroriser.] To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation. [1913 Webster] Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority. J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • terrorize — coerce or deter by terror, 1823, from TERROR (Cf. terror) + IZE (Cf. ize) (also Cf. TERRORISM (Cf. terrorism)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • terrorize — (Amer.) ter·ror·ize || terÉ™raɪz v. terrify, intimidate, dominate or coerce through intimidation (also terrorise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • terrorize — *terrify, *frighten, fright, alarm, scare, startle, affray, affright Analogous words: *intimidate, cow, bulldoze, browbeat: coerce, compel, *force: drive, impel, *move: agitate, upset (see DISCOMPOSE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • terrorize — [v] upset, threaten alarm, appall, awe, bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, coerce, cow, dismay, dragoon, fright, frighten, hector, horrify, intimidate, menace, oppress, petrify, scare, scare to death*, shock, spook, startle, strike terror… …   New thesaurus

  • terrorize — (also terrorise) ► VERB ▪ create and maintain a feeling of terror in (a person or area) …   English terms dictionary

  • terrorize — [ter′ər īz΄] vt. terrorized, terrorizing 1. to fill with terror; terrify 2. to coerce, make submit, etc. by filling with terror, as by the use or threat of violence SYN. FRIGHTEN terrorization n …   English World dictionary

  • terrorize — v. (D; tr.) to terrorize into * * * [ terəraɪz] (D; tr.) to terrorize into …   Combinatory dictionary

  • terrorize — UK [ˈterəraɪz] / US [ˈterəˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms terrorize : present tense I/you/we/they terrorize he/she/it terrorizes present participle terrorizing past tense terrorized past participle terrorized to frighten people by threatening …   English dictionary

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