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• ter|ror|ize — «TEHR uh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to fill with terror: »The sight of the growling dog terrorized the little child. SYNONYM(S): terrify. 2. to rule or subdue by causing terror. SYNONYM(S): browbeat, intimidate. –ter´ror|i|za´tion …   Useful english dictionary

• ter´ror|iz´er — ter|ror|ize «TEHR uh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to fill with terror: »The sight of the growling dog terrorized the little child. SYNONYM(S): terrify. 2. to rule or subdue by causing terror. SYNONYM(S): browbeat, intimidate.… …   Useful english dictionary

• ter´ror|i|za´tion — ter|ror|ize «TEHR uh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to fill with terror: »The sight of the growling dog terrorized the little child. SYNONYM(S): terrify. 2. to rule or subdue by causing terror. SYNONYM(S): browbeat, intimidate.… …   Useful english dictionary

• ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… …   English syllables

• ror — er·ror; er·ror·ist; er·ror·less; fu·ror; jat·ror·rhi·za; jat·ror·rhi·zine; ju·ror; ma·ror; mir·ror·scope; ror·qual; ror·schach·er; ror·ty; sau·ror·ni·thes; so·ror·i·cide; so·ror·i·ty; ter·ror·ful; ter·ror·ism; ter·ror·ist; ter·ror·iza·tion;… …   English syllables

• ize — jaco·bin·ize; jar·gon·ize; jas·per·ize; jesu·it·ize; jour·nal·ize; jo·vial·ize; ju·da·ize; ka·olin·ize; ker·a·tin·ize; kjel·dahl·ize; la·bi·al·ize; la·bio·ve·lar·ize; la·ryn·ge·al·ize; lat·er·al·ize; lat·in·ize; leath·er·ize; le·gal·ize;… …   English syllables

• terrorize — ter·ror·ize …   English syllables

• terrorize — ter•ror•ize [[t]ˈtɛr əˌraɪz[/t]] v. t. ized, iz•ing 1) to fill or overcome with terror 2) gov to dominate or coerce by intimidation • Etymology: 1815–25 ter ror•i•za′tion, n. ter′ror•iz er, n …   From formal English to slang

• terrorize — ter|ror|ize also terrorise BrE [ˈterəraız] v [T] to deliberately frighten people by threatening to harm them, especially so they will do what you want be terrorized into doing sth ▪ Many people have been terrorized into leaving. ▪ gangs who… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• terrorize — ter|ror|ize [ terə,raız ] verb transitive to frighten people by threatening them or by using violence: The leaders of the coup ousted the president and terrorized the nation for three years. This gang terrorized the entire community …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English