terrorising in English

verb

1

create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror.

he used his private army to terrorize the population

synonyms: persecute, victimize, torment, harass, tyrannize, intimidate, menace, threaten, bully, browbeat, scare, frighten, terrify, petrify

verb

• persecute, victimize, torment, harass, tyrannize, intimidate, menace, threaten, bully, browbeat, scare, frighten, terrify, petrify
• terrify

Use "terrorising" in a sentence

1. Synonyms for Barbarizing include brutalising, brutalizing, browbeating, terrorising, terrorizing, threatening, vandalising, vandalizing, bullying and intimidating

2. Synonyms for Affrighting include scaring, frightening, terrifying, alarming, startling, shocking, horrifying, panicking, terrorising and terrorizing

3. By the start of the 17th century, pirates known as the Barbary corsairs were terrorising the coasts of Devon and Cornwall

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