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Meaning of 'terror' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Terror [ n.]
- Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
- That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

Meaning of 'terror' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . terror [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
Example in sentence:
  • he used terror to make them confess
Meaning (2):
- a person who inspires fear or dread
Example in sentence:
  • he was the terror of the neighborhood

Nearby Words:

ter- ter-tenant teraconic teracrylic teraph teraphim teraphs terapin teratical teratogeny

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