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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
terrorize
    v 1: coerce by violence or with threats [syn: terrorize,
         terrorise]
    2: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: terrify,
       terrorize, terrorise]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Terrorize \Ter"ror*ize\, v. t. [Cf. F. terroriser.]
   To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
   [1913 Webster]

         Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and
         terrorized by ecclesiastical authority.  --J. A.
                                                  Symonds.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Terrorize:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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