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Verb: terrorise  'te-ru,rIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: terrorize)
  1. Fill with terror; frighten greatly
    "The criminal gang terrorised the neighbourhood";
    - terrify, terrorize
     
  2. Coerce by violence or with threats
    "The gang terrorised the neighbourhood with their violent acts";
    - terrorize

Derived forms: terrorises, terrorising, terrorised

Type of: affright, coerce, force, fright [archaic], frighten, hale [archaic], pressure, scare, squeeze