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[ noun ] an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Synonyms Used in print ("Editorials"...)But if his purpose was to inspire terror , his action could hardly have miscarried more obviously . Not terror , but anger and resentment have been the general reaction outside the Soviet sphere . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)He clenched his fists and faced the terror . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)It was my initiation to war and the insane symphony war plays ; for what had happened on the common was only terror and flight ; but this grinning , broken head , not ten feet away from me , was the sharp definition of what my reality had become . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Through the swathings of terror , she jabbed deceit 's sharp point - Amy would be reborn , a new child , with new parents , living under new circumstances . |
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[ noun ] a person who inspires fear or dread
Examples "he was the terror of the neighborhood" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Like the Yankees ' slugger , Mays , the terror of the Giants , has had seasons that would be considered the ultimate by most players , but not by - or for - Willie . Related terms |
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