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US
/ˈtɛɹɝ/
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[ UK /tˈɛɹɐ/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- a very troublesome child
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a person who inspires fear or dread
he was the terror of the neighborhood -
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
he used terror to make them confess
How To Use terror In A Sentence
- In meetings Thursday with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, the country's army chief and others, Gates called the antiterror operations a success so far, "and he acknowledged to all of them that we realize that has come with a great deal of sacrifice for the military," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said following the sessions. Stars and Stripes
- Harsh discipline was the child's lot, and they were often terrorized deliberately and, not infrequently, sexually abused.
- Most of the child hostages who were seized by terrorists were reported to be alive.
- Survivors of the terror attack will give evidence today. Times, Sunday Times
- There is a difference, too, between appeasing men of violence and seeking to limit their appeal, just as the leaders of global terror must be separated from those who could become their followers.
- ALLAHABAD - As the country marked the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district turned up at the bank of the Ganga Thursday to witness the "hanging" of terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
- Assertion: Michelle Obama's affectionate fist bump with her husband as they walked offstage was a "terrorist fist jab" (in the words of Fox anchorperson E.D. Hill). Robert Koehler: The Shadow Platform
- But more needs to be done with stories like this particular one, if you want to see your hard work come to fruition in ousting George W. Bush from the White House, along with any other of his cronies who have blood on their hands, from George W. Bush†™ s futile ‘War On Terror†™. Think Progress » 60 Minutes: CIA Official Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall 2002
- The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is responsible for internal security, for counter-espionage, for counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism.
- Reproof with threats sore terror, frightful malison. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
