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
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