- present participle of terrorize.
terrorizing
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Within two days of putting up his decorations in late September, Carrara, 40, received an anonymous note from a local parent complaining that the ghoulish display was terrorizing their children as they walked to school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Other Mommy," from Universal and Blumhouse, stars Chastain in a dual role as a sinister entity terrorizing a child -- made even worse by the fact that the demon resembles the girl's mother.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Those threats are a direct result of him taking on the cartels terrorizing Texans and some of the nation’s most dangerous violent criminals.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
As soon as we got there my brother Lmatarion told us that two lions had been terrorizing the camps.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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