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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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That's not good customer service and they should not be allowed to terrorize passengers who paid to fly their pet legally in an under-seat carrier.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Lafferty pins the blame on the rash of killings that terrorized the Bay Area in the ‘70s on a certain someone.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
The trial of three men who prosecutors say facilitated a drugging and robbery scheme that terrorized New York City’s gay bars and led to two deaths began Wednesday in a downtown Manhattan courtroom.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Leo: Francis Francis is the oldest of the Wilkerson brothers and advises his siblings on ways to terrorize their family.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Lafferty pins the blame on the rash of killings that terrorized the Bay Area in the ‘70s on a certain someone.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
The trial of three men who prosecutors say facilitated a drugging and robbery scheme that terrorized New York City’s gay bars and led to two deaths began Wednesday in a downtown Manhattan courtroom.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Leo: Francis Francis is the oldest of the Wilkerson brothers and advises his siblings on ways to terrorize their family.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 6 Feb. 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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