terrorize
IPA: tˈɛrɝaɪz
verb
- To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
- To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
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Examples of "terrorize" in Sentences
- The Clantons will never again terrorize this town.
- Sounds a lot like "terrorize" with Cheney's head right smack in the middle.
- In The Apprentice, Warren returns, to once again terrorize Detective Jane Rizzoli.
- Frankly, if he'll keep doing it shirtless, he can come over and "terrorize" me all night.
- And no reasonable person, let alone a wordsmith like Limbaugh, thinks the word terrorize means the same thing as terrorist.
- They are organized by such far right organizations as Freedomworks, with their scare tactic talking points and the instruction to "terrorize" Blue Dogs over the break.
- Prosecutors would have to prove that a suspect knew the noose to be a threat and used it to terrorize, which is defined as prompting people to fear for their personal safety.
- Since this is my first time posting on Boing Boing, I wanted to explain that I didn't put the quotes around "terrorize" to be snarky; I'm just not sure that it fit my (admittedly personal) view that terrorism is larger-scale than what we experienced.
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