verb
- to fill with terror or anxiety; to frighten greatly
- to coerce by threat or violence
Examples
- The bully would terrorize younger students in the hallway.
- Wild storms terrorized the coastal town for three days.
- The dictator used secret police to terrorize political opponents.
- She was terrorized by recurring nightmares about the accident.
- The gang terrorized local shop owners into paying protection money.
- Horror movies are designed to terrorize audiences in a fun way.