terrorize

Example Sentences

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They initially told him they were deporting him to his home country, which he thinks was done "to terrorize us."

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The mysterious case of a chain-saw-wielding vandal who appeared to randomly terrorize trees in and around downtown Los Angeles last year has come to an anticlimactic close.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

“They should not be anonymous. They should be identifiable. And they have to have rules of engagement that don’t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and assault U.S. citizens and other people,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

“This is part of the effort to terrorize those who were not born in the United States and instill fear in immigrant communities and mixed-status families,” Mukherjee said.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2025

But if that sneaky son of a gun thought it was going to terrorize Rex Walls’s little girl, it had by God got another think coming.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls