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terror

noun as in intense fear

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But for those marked as enemies, their quotidian existence is one of anxiety, fear and terror.

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The US sanctions list is usually reserved for drug kingpins, terror operatives and dictators involved in widespread human rights abuses.

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But for those with albinism, they bring terror.

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That contrasts with an Amnesty International report this week describing a "wave of terror" and "systematic human rights violations" in Tanzania ahead of the vote.

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Recordings of those calls, obtained by ProPublica, captured some of the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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