Definitions
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
Word origin
From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”).
Used in a sentence
“The terrors with which I was seized […] were extreme.”
“"How thinkest thou that I rule this people? I have but a regiment of guards to do my bidding, therefore it is not by force. It is by terror. My empire is of the imagination."”
“The terrors of the storm”
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01“Extreme fear”6 letters
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