TERRORIZE

terrify, terrorize, terrorise

(verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly

terrorize, terrorise

(verb) coerce by violence or with threats

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

terrorize (third-person singular simple present terrorizes, present participle terrorizing, simple past and past participle terrorized) (transitive)

To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.

To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.

Synonyms

• (fill with terror): petrify, terrify

• (coerce by threats or violence): bully, hector

Source: Wiktionary

Ter"ror*ize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. terroriser.]

Definition: To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation. Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority. J. A. Symonds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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