terrify
Example Sentences
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He told Salon that equating drug traffickers with terrorist is meant to “stigmatize and terrify people.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
And yes, SVB should terrify anyone paying attention.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025
Katie Gauche, of the Disabled Children's Partnership, said the idea of scrapping plans will "terrify families".
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
The sum effect is to silence and terrify and isolate people who need to be able to ask for help in the midst of a crisis.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2024
His voice was lonely in the heat, trying to terrify the dust and the blazing sun sky.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
