Examples of terrorize in a Sentence
As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
She was terrorized by nightmares.
Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
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After falling in with a group of troublemaking teens, a clown that resembles Frendo, the factory’s mascot, begins terrorizing the town and targeting Quinn and her buddies.
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William Earl, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Fred Hechinger stars as the too-earnest counselor while Wolfhard, Bryk, and more young actors are there to surely terrorize him before a masked killer terrorizes them.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2025
But Washington has made no attempt to reward these efforts, instead freezing assistance to communities terrorized by ISIS and suspending programs that supported Iraq’s economic development.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
Leadership allowed those a******* to take over the campus and terrorize Jewish students.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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William Earl, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Fred Hechinger stars as the too-earnest counselor while Wolfhard, Bryk, and more young actors are there to surely terrorize him before a masked killer terrorizes them.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2025
But Washington has made no attempt to reward these efforts, instead freezing assistance to communities terrorized by ISIS and suspending programs that supported Iraq’s economic development.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
Leadership allowed those a******* to take over the campus and terrorize Jewish students.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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terrorize
verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz 
terrorized; terrorizing
1
: to fill with terror
2
: to force by threat or violence
Legal Definition
terrorize
transitive verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz
terrorized; terrorizing
: to inflict terror upon
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