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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