terrorize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛɹəɹaɪz/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English terrorize From terror + -ize.
Meanings
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(British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
Sleep with one eye open You have no idea what I'm capable of Keep claiming holier than thou My knife can stab more holes than you can count How dare you sleep where a king once slept And dry the tears of where his queen has wept Kill, torture, terrorize Welcome to my mind
2019, “Brimstone”, performed by Whitechapel:terrorize the population
terrorize civilians
The gang continued to terrorize the neighborhood.
She felt terrorized by the constant threats.
- (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| terrorizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| terrorise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| terrorizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| terrorized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| terrorized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
terrorization · unterrorized · counter-terrorize · terrorizer · terrorizee
Relateds
Synonyms
hector (coerce by threats or violence) · bully (coerce by threats or violence) · terrify (fill with terror) · petrify (fill with terror)
Translations (20)
fr terroriser (fill with terror) · uk тероризува́ти (fill with terror) · ca terroritzar (fill with terror) · es aterrorizar (fill with terror) · el τρομοκρατώ (fill with terror) · pl terroryzować (fill with terror) · it terrorizzare (fill with terror) · eo terori (fill with terror) · hu megfélemlít (fill with terror) · lv terorizēt (fill with terror) · de terrorisieren (fill with terror) · bg тероризирам (fill with terror) · be тэрарызава́ць (fill with terror) · ru терроризи́ровать (fill with terror) · es terrorizar (fill with terror) · sv terrorisera (fill with terror) · pl sterroryzować (fill with terror) · la terreō (fill with terror) · uk стероризува́ти (fill with terror) · hu terrorizál (fill with terror)