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terrorize Definition of terrorize for English Language Learners. : 1  to cause (someone) to be extremely afraid. : 2  to force (someone) to do something by using threats or violence.
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besiege besiege - cause to feel distressed or worried; She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged distress - cause mental pain to; The news of her child's illness distressed the mother 3.
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- Tantalizingly definition, having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach: a tantalizing taste of success. Origin of tantalizing.
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Definition of âcrucifyâ - English Dictionary crucify verb [T] uk / ˈkruː.sɪ.faɪ / us / ˈkruː.sə.faɪ / › to kill someone by tying or fastening them with nails to a cross and leaving them there to die
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- Synonyms: frighten, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, panic. These verbs mean to cause a person to experience fear. Frighten and the more informal scare are the most widely applicable: The Count's mysterious warning frightened me at the time (Bram Stoker).
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radicalize verb (used with object), radicalized, radicalizing. 1. to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies. verb (used without object), radicalized, radicalizing. 2. to become radical or more radical: The regime has increasingly radicalized since the coup.
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Night Terrors Sleep Terrors. Sleep terrors, or night terrors, are a parasomnia condition in which the subject reacts to a foreboding sense of fear or terror by screaming, thrashing around or crying. They may also get out of bed and walk or run around, and adults are at a risk of performing violent acts during this time.
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massacre The definition of a massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals at random and without mercy. An example of a massacre was the Holocaust. YourDictionary definition and usage example.
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scare away To cause someone or something to leave or to stay away due to fear: The kidnappings have scared tourists away. The farmer put up a scarecrow to scare away the birds.
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terrorism General sense of systematic use of terror as a policy is first recorded in English 1798. At one time, a word for a certain kind of mass-destruction terrorism was dynamitism (1883); and during World War I frightfulness (translating German Schrecklichkeit) was used in Britain for deliberate policy of terrorizing enemy non-combatants.
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- verb (used with object), devitalized, devitalizing. 1. to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken. Also, especially British, devitalise. Origin of devitalize.
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- industrialize (third-person singular simple present industrializes, present participle industrializing, simple past and past participle industrialized) (of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.
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frightened The definition of frightened is afraid, anxious or feeling fear. When your house is being robbed by an armed gunman, this is an example of a time when you would be frightened.
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terrorist act terrorism - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. act of terrorism, terrorist act. terror - the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); he used terror to make them confess. biological terrorism, bioterrorism - terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare.
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fear Full Definition of FEAR. 1. a: an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger b (1) : an instance of this emotion (2) : a state marked by this emotion. 2. : anxious concern: solicitude. 3. : profound reverence and awe especially toward God. 4.
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- industrialize. 1  first-person singular present subjunctive of. 2  third-person singular present subjunctive of. 3  first-person singular imperative of.  third-person singular imperative of.
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astonish Definition of astonish. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise He was too astonished to speak They were astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral. In retrospect, it astonishes me that we avoided a major quarrel for so long. 3  2 obsolete : to strike with sudden fear.
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terrorism Learner's definition of TERRORISM. [noncount] : the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal. They have been arrested for acts of terrorism. international terrorism. the fight/struggle/war against terrorism. state terrorism [=terrorism by a government]
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CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT. FORCIBLE COMPULSION means to intentionally compel either: (1) by the use of physical force; or (2) by a threat, express or implied, which places a person in fear of immediate death or physical injury to himself or herself [or another person] or in fear that he or she [or another person] will immediately be kidnapped.5
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KJV Dictionary Definition: dismay KJV Dictionary Definition: dismay. dismay. DISMAY, v.t. To deprive of that strength or firmness of mind which constitutes courage; to discourage; to dishearten; to sink or depress the spirits or resolution; hence, to affright or terrify. Be strong, and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. Joshua 1. DISMAY, n. Fall or loss of courage; a sinking of the spirits; depression; dejection; a yielding to fear; that loss of firmness which is effected by fear or terror; fear impressed; terror felt.
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Definitions &Translations Definitions for oppressəˈprɛs. oppress, suppress, crush(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. The government oppresses political activists. persecute, oppress(verb)
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- The definition of dread is extreme fear, or a single dreadlock. An example of dread is someone being panicked with worry about the well-being of a loved one.
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intimidate legal Definition of intimidate intimidated; intimidating 1: to make timid or fearful; especially: to compel or deter by or as if by threats — see also coercion
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terrorism Definition of terrorism for English Language Learners. : the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal.
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besiege -·sieged′, -·sieg′ing. 1  to hem in with armed forces, esp. for a sustained attack; lay siege to. 2  to close in on; crowd around. 3  to overwhelm, harass, or beset: besieged with queries.