terrorized
past simple and past participle ofterrorize
terrorize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyterrorise)uk/ˈter.ə.raɪz/us/ˈter.ə.raɪz/to make someonefeelveryfrightenedbythreateningtokillorhurtthem:
Streetgangshave been terrorizing theneighbourhood.
Compare
terrify
Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- dreadful
- flesh
- jump scare
- makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
- makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
- makesomeone'shair stand on endidiom
- makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
- scare
- scaremongering
- send
- send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shivers down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shudders/a shudder downyourspineidiom
- wit
Examplesofterrorized
terrorized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
So perhaps producing terror by threatening to do what it is impermissible to do is wrong if it will not also benefit thoseterrorized.
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You don't want to spread terror in the community to people who don't need to beterrorized.
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If the victims act shamefully, then they may wish they had been harmed instead ofterrorizedin this way.
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Perhaps it involves the agent not only intending harm and terror but also intending that those harmed andterrorizedknow that it is his intention to harm and terrorize them.
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We wereterrorized, no question about that.
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Finally, since the mimetic theory posits a moment ofterrorizedidentification with the aggressor, victims are imagined as incorporating and therefore complicitously sharing the hostility directed towards themselves.
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Kaiser's protagonist dies as an individual,terrorizedby his own psyche.
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Bluntschli, theterrorizedsoldier of fortune turned hard-headed businessman.
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I said that when impermissible harm is the cause of terror, thoseterrorizedmay complain, as they should not have been terrorized given the way the terror was brought about.
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Sheterrorizedthe people, devouring anyone who dared to set foot in that forest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A common tradition in the locality is that during the 15th century a wild boarterrorizedthe area.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The movie follows a group of teenagers that areterrorizedby an evil spirit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These survivors had formed violent tribes whichterrorizedanyone who was unable to defend themselves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Throughout the 1960s, this quartetterrorizedopposing offenses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Well-equipped, he vowed to hunt down and fight off the warriors that hadterrorizedhis village for so long.
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- pie
- piebald
- piece
- piece-de-resistance
- piece goods
- piece-goods
- piecemeal
- piecemeal approach
- piecemeal basis
- piecemeal fashion
- piecemeal reform
- piece of advice
- piece of apparatus
- piece of architecture
- piece of ass
- piece-of-ass
- piece-of-ass
- piece of bamboo
- piece of bark
- piece of bread
- piece of cake
- piece-of-cake
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