terror (n.)

  1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

    [ Syn: panic , affright ]

  2. a person who inspires fear or dread; he was the terror of the neighborhood

    [ Syn: scourge , threat ]

  3. a very troublesome child

    [ Syn: brat , little terror , holy terror ]

  4. the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); he used terror to make them confess'

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