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Definition of Terrorise

1. Verb. Coerce by violence or with threats. "Sam cannot terrorise Sue "

2. Verb. Fill with terror; frighten greatly. "The bad news will terrorise him"

Definition of Terrorise

1. Verb. (transitive) To inflict someone with terror; to terrify. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Terrorise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrorise

territories territory territs terroir terroirist terroirists terroirs terror terror-stricken terror-struck

terror bird terrorchid terrorchids terrorcore terrorisation terrorise (current term) terrorised terroriser terrorisers terrorises

terrorising terrorism terrorisms terrorist terrorist act terrorist attack terrorist cell terrorist fist jab terrorist fist jabs terrorist group

Literary usage of Terrorise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Home and Foreign Review (1863)
"Will you allow that an unnatural conspiracy, under the guise of freedom and patriotism, shall continually terrorise over and king to satisfy real wants, ..."

2. Wake Up! the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2001)
"It is the chief aim of Al Qaida, to terrorise the endemic population together with the expatriate workers in the local community, ..."

3. Wake Up the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2002)
"It is the chief aim of Al Qaida to terrorise the endemic population together with the expatriate workers in the local community, by inflicting the maximum ..."

4. Political Crime by Louis Proal (1898)
"The aims of the French Anarchists are identical: they would terrorise the Government, the magistracy, and juries. The bomb that was exploded in the ..."

5. Political Crime by Louis Proal (1898)
"The aims of the French Anarchists are identical: they would terrorise the Government, the magistracy, and juries. The bomb that was exploded in the ..."

6. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1866)
"It was necessary to expel and annihilate these, which would terrorise the Plain into acquiescence, and thus deliver up the provinces to the rule of the ..."

7. Law in a Free State by Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1895)
"It is fair to terrorise one's oppressors, but it is not fair to terrorise one's friends, for the sake of getting at one's foes. " If," says Mr. Yarros, ..."

8. Law in a Free State by Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1895)
"It is fair to terrorise one's oppressors, but it is not fair to terrorise one's friends, for the sake of getting at one's foes. " If," says Mr. Yarros, ..."

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