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[syn: terrify, terrorize, terrorise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terrified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Terrifying.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F.
terrifier, L. terrificare. See Terrific, and -fy.]
1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
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If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
--Milton.
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2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
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When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
--Luke xxi. 9.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
terrify
v 1: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: terrify,
terrorize, terrorise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrify":
affright, alarm, appall, awe, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify,
paralyze, petrify, scare, scare stiff, scare to death, shock,
spook, startle, strike dumb, strike terror into, stun, stupefy,
terrorize