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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
terror
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a scream of pain/terror/agony
▪ My screams of terror awoke my parents.
numb with shock/fear/terror etc
▪ I just sat there, numb with fear.
scream in terror/agony etc
▪ He screamed in fear and panic, and banged frantically on the door.
spread terror/panic
▪ The murders were clearly intended to spread terror.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
holy
▪ The prosecutors and defense lawyers regarded Kovitsky as a holy terror.
▪ He's got holy terror written all over his face, and his eyes are bursting with pure demon.
▪ I went to him when I was 15, and he was a holy terror.
▪ As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror.
pure
▪ This caused a frisson of pure terror, but Hamilton was not to be denied.
▪ Sometimes you have a feeling of pure, undiluted terror.
▪ It was a single scream of pure terror.
▪ But my sympathy was lost in a wave of pure terror.
▪ From her throat came a sound of pure terror.
▪ Nevertheless, these works were extremely popular in their day and are still excellent examples of pure terror and suspense.
▪ A blindfold was put on, she said, and remained in place throughout 36 hours of pure terror.
sheer
▪ This time, if nothing else, his sheer choking terror would block his throat and kill him.
▪ Her smooth tongue, gleaming, lolled. Sheer terror shadowed her indented eyes, and yet never would she be caught.
▪ Elizabeth: One of sheer terror.
▪ The shoes spoke of moments of sheer terror.
■ NOUN
attack
▪ The reactor is on a list of more than 100 possible terror attack scenarios for which security forces have been planning.
campaign
▪ Over five months in 1991 the group mounted a terror campaign across three counties.
▪ They were simply swept up in a mindless terror campaign.
▪ The terror campaign induced in the government something approaching panic.
group
▪ Meanwhile, Belfast is bracing itself for a vicious war between rival republican terror groups over drugs.
tactic
▪ The economic blockade is accompanied by terror tactics.
■ VERB
bring
▪ However, the war also brought collective terror with it.
▪ In the next few hours, seven more attacks brought terror to villages and towns across Kashmir.
▪ For me, the daybreak brings new terrors.
▪ Fence demand: Vandals have brought terror to a public walkway in Loftus.
▪ The misleading ordinariness and eerie implacability of the flesh-eaters bring the terror much closer to home.
feel
▪ Inside, we feel the terror of dusk begin.
▪ For a few moments he felt something approaching terror.
▪ Looking up into Joe's face, Michael felt a moment of terror at what he had to do.
▪ Psyche, aghast, felt terror flooding her heart instead of love.
▪ But Agnes felt the terror rising around her.
▪ In the presence of my inability to keep still he should have felt only terror.
▪ He felt terror, and relief, and perplexity, and a consequent inability to plan anything.
▪ Instantly, John felt the old terrors rise up again, all the ugly possibilities.
fill
▪ But it was something else that filled us with terror.
▪ We hear about it later, and far from being sophisticated, we are filled with terror.
▪ It filled his enemies with terror and his own troops with unshakeable faith and unquenchable blood lust.
flee
▪ Its people flee in terror on tractors, horse-drawn carts, cars or on foot.
▪ Instead, we imprisoned thousands of skilled people, and thousands more fled in terror.
▪ There was a whisper amongst the servants that she had fled from Andrew in terror on the night of her return.
▪ They fled in terror back across the frontier.
▪ A violent and sudden earthquake is said to have toppled a nearby hill, causing the torturers to flee in terror.
▪ After entering the cave, Hawk senses such awesome power that he flees in terror.
▪ But the government, in pursuit of high-minded ideals, has created a bureaucratic monster before which small business-people flee in terror.
freeze
▪ Isabel stared into muddy brown eyes, frozen with terror herself.
▪ Her face would freeze in terror, and she would cry uncontrollably for up to a half-hour.
▪ The stairs creaked behind us and we froze in terror.
hold
▪ Heaven and Hell not only hold no terrors or promises for them - they no longer even exist as figures of speech.
▪ The sun followed me wherever I went, for me the night held no terror.
▪ For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong.
▪ I tried walking but was held by a terror of turning the corner.
live
▪ Doctors, lawyers, accountants and other professionals live in terror of their clients.
▪ A lot women and children live in terror of this kind of domestic situation.
scream
▪ Paul screamed, his terror bursting out of him.
▪ He tried to scream, but his terror was such that only soundless air came out.
▪ A woman wept quietly, while a child at her side screamed in terror.
▪ But just as he put the rope over his head, he screamed in terror and threw his arms above his head.
▪ Horses reared high and screamed their terror, men, open-mouthed, fell from their saddles.
▪ Lying there on the floor, cords biting into wrists and ankles, they heard Maureen screaming with terror and agony.
▪ According to the only survivor, his comrades went under one by one, screaming in terror.
strike
▪ The Slav opposition collapsed almost immediately, as if the very name of Charles had struck terror into their hearts.
▪ This is why my sister possesses the capacity to strike terror in me, I think.
▪ Those two little hyphenated words struck terror in the heart of some one eager for a weekend of yoga classes and silent breakfasts.
▪ Every crisis would strike terror into the hearts of people everywhere.
▪ Might strike terror into the opponent in a friendly kick about.
▪ The very physical description of the Huns proved sufficient in and of itself to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies.
▪ The news that Esau is coming at speed, and with a force, strikes terror into Jacob.
▪ The man whose very name struck terror in the hearts of managing directors?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a holy terror
▪ As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror.
▪ I went to him when I was 15, and he was a holy terror.
▪ The prosecutors and defense lawyers regarded Kovitsky as a holy terror.
be frozen with fear/terror/fright
be seized with/by terror/desire etc
be struck with horror/terror/awe etc
mortal fear/dread/terror
▪ She held herself raised by her great prosperity above all that ordinary mortals fear and reverence.
▪ The crew is in mortal terror.
reign of terror
▪ The invasion ended the four-year-long reign of terror.
▪ He led a reign of terror until his conversion to Catholicism in 989.
▪ He was, simultaneously, a loving father and sensitive poet and a ruthless dictator who presided over a reign of terror.
▪ Heaven knows what his victim had been eating before the battle, but it ended Seiguard's reign of terror, permanently.
▪ One of the H. Fire development bright colours within only a few days and began a reign of terror.
▪ Some reformists suggest it was part of a proposed reign of terror.
▪ The 53-year-old railway worker abused his stepdaughter and two step-granddaughters in a 12-year reign of terror.
▪ The Grantley Ripper looked set for a long reign of terror.
▪ The team is based in a local government building, bugged during Ceaucescu's reign of terror.
strike terror/fear into sb's heart
▪ Believe me, all those cannon, mortars and volley guns should strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
▪ Every crisis would strike terror into the hearts of people everywhere.
▪ Nothing here to strike fear into the hearts of the people.
▪ The Slav opposition collapsed almost immediately, as if the very name of Charles had struck terror into their hearts.
▪ The very physical description of the Huns proved sufficient in and of itself to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Terror-stricken refugees fled across the border.
▪ A feeling of terror gripped us as we listened to his story.
▪ Denver burst from the room, terror in her eyes.
▪ He barely survived the terror of the river rapids.
▪ I will never forget the look of sheer terror on her face.
▪ Shots were fired, and the children fled in terror.
▪ The men on the quivering, battered boat were mad with terror.
▪ The resistance movement started a campaign of terror.
▪ Their faces were white, and their eyes were filled with terror.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As they saw this wonder each looked in terror at the other, and dropping their eyes they prayed silently.
▪ Her eyes fixed themselves in terror on the door.
▪ On the high hilltop in the darkness Psyche sat, waiting for she knew not what terror.
▪ Sometimes you have a feeling of pure, undiluted terror.
▪ The terror, if not the actuality, of the disease has survived into our own time.
▪ There was an expression of frozen terror on Emilia's face.
▪ Trapped between twin terrors, he allowed his body to sink within the folds of jackets and overcoats.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terror

Terror \Ter"ror\, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for tersere; akin to Gr. ? to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F. terreur. Cf. Deter.]

  1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

    Terror seized the rebel host.
    --Milton.

  2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

    Those enormous terrors of the Nile.
    --Prior.

    Rulers are not a terror to good works.
    --Rom. xiii.

  3. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
    --Shak.

    Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like.

    King of terrors, death.
    --Job xviii. 1

  4. Reign of Terror. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

    Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See Alarm.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
terror

early 15c., "something that intimidates, an object of fear," from Old French terreur (14c.), from Latin terrorem (nominative terror) "great fear, dread, alarm, panic; object of fear, cause of alarm; terrible news," from terrere "fill with fear, frighten," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (see terrible).\n

\nFrom c.1500 as "fear so great as to overwhelm the mind." Meaning "quality of causing dread" is attested from 1520s. Sense of "a person fancied as a source of terror" (often with deliberate exaggeration, as of a naughty child) is recorded from 1883. Terror bombing first recorded 1941, with reference to German air attack on Rotterdam. Terror-stricken is from 1831. The Reign of Terror in French history (March 1793-July 1794) was the period when the nation was ruled by a faction whose leaders made policy of killing by execution anyone deemed an impediment to their measures; so called in English from 1801. Old English words for "terror" included broga and egesa.

Wiktionary
terror

n. 1 (context uncountable English) Intense dread, fright, or fear. 2 (context countable English) Specific instance of being intensely terrified. 3 (context uncountable English) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. 4 (context countable English) Something or someone that causes such fear.

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WordNet
terror

  1. n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic]

  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]

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Wikipedia
Terror (disambiguation)

Terror is a type of fear, an emotional response to threats or danger.

Terror may also refer to:

  • Terror (politics), a policy of political repression and violence
  • Horror and terror, literary and psychological concepts, especially in Gothic literature
Terror (band)

Terror is a five-piece American hardcore punk band with members from Los Angeles, California and Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2002. They have released six studio albums and a number of other recordings. On January 3, 2015 the band announced on their social network pages that they had begun recording their sixth album, The 25th Hour.

Terror (boat)
Terror (Bottom)

"Terror" is the second episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on 13 January 1995.

Terror (comics)

Terror, in comics, may refer to:

  • Terror (New England Comics), a supervillain from The Tick comic books, cartoon, and live-action TV series
  • Terror (Marvel Comics), a fictional Marvel Comics character originated in the 1940s by Timely Comics
  • Terror Illustrated, a 1950s black-and-white magazine published by EC Comics
  • Terror Inc., a comic book series, starring a character named Terror, published by Marvel Comics in the 1990s.
Terror (1977 film)

Terror is a 1977 Danish crime film directed by Gert Fredholm and starring Bo Løvetand.

Terror (1978 film)

Terror is a 1978 British horror film starring John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey, Sarah Keller and Tricia Walsh and directed by Norman J. Warren.

Terror (album)

Terror ~Hakuri~ is the 18th studio album by the Japanese band Loudness. It was released only in Japan, in January 2004. The album is one of the heaviest released by the band, and was created with a theme of horror and terror. This theme is also reflected in the album artwork. The band display influences from Black Sabbath, and the album overall has a doom metal type sound.

Terror (2016 film)

Terror is a 2016 Indian Telugu crime thriller film written and directed by Satish Kasetty. Produced by Shaikk Mastan, the film features Srikanth and Nikita in the lead roles and Kota Srinivasa Rao and Prudviraj in supporting roles. The film was released worldwide on 26 February 2016 to positive critical acclaim.

Terror (DC Comics)

Terror (Baxter Forbes) is a Supervillain, that appears in comic books published by DC Comics as an enemy of the Superhero the Creeper. The character was created by writer and artist Steve Ditko.

Terror (politics)

Terror, is from the French terreur, from Latin terror meaning "great fear", a noun derived from the Latin verb terrere meaning "to frighten", is a policy of political repression and violence intended to subdue political opposition. The term was first used for the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. Modern instances of terror include red terror or white terror.

Before the advent of modern terrorism, the term "terrorism" in the English language was sometimes used interchangeably with terror. The modern definition of terrorism refers to acts or threats of violence against non-combatants — typically neutral military personnel and civilians — in hoping that such violence or threat would generate a political or religious change. It is practiced by extremist groups with a limited political base or parties on the weaker side in asymmetric warfare. Terror on the other hand is practiced by governments and law enforcement officials, usually within the legal framework of the state.

Terror (demo)

Terror (also referred to as Evil Dead '94 because of the insert) is an independently released EP cassette by Evildead. It contains demos that Evildead recorded in 1994 for the album that was intended to follow 1991's The Underworld. However, the new album was unfinished and never released as Evildead decided to call it quits. All three songs from this EP were re-recorded by the band members' post-Evildead project Terror for their only album Hijos de los Cometas (1997). This release marked the debut of singer Steve Nelson (who replaced founding member Phil Flores in 1993 and rejoined again in 2010) and the band's first with bassist Mel Sanchez since their 1989 debut Annihilation of Civilization as well as their only release with then-future and now-former Slayer drummer Jon Dette. This would also be their final release with guitarist Dan Flores.

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Usage examples of "terror".

Fritigern was doubtful whether he could accomplish the conclusion of the treaty, unless he found himself supported by the presence and terrors of an Imperial army.

Glen to hover precariously in midair, all the terrors of his acrophobia came flooding back.

Or can any carnal appetite so overpower your reason, or so totally lay it asleep, as to prevent your flying with affright and terror from a crime which carries such punishment always with it?

The boldness of his entrance into their holly of holies, his affrontery, the ease with which he had taken their prisoner from them had impressed them, while the fact that Sobito, a witch-doctor, had fled from him in terror had assured them of his supernatural origin.

He was very pale, and his eyes seemed bulging out as, half in terror and half in amazement, he gazed at a tall, thin man, with a beaky nose and black moustache and pointed beard, who was also observing the pretty girl.

No focus anymore, just mindless ambling, spending his blood, dying in profound shock and absolute terror.

He cast another glace of longing and terror at the amplifier as he passed.

The author of Anarchist Cookbook does not see in the individualistic acts of terror he describes the ultimate ratio.

We still do not know if Goering or the demented Dutch Anarchist Van der Lubbe set fire to the Reichstag, which triggered the Nazi terror.

This terror came in from the shrieking of the tree and the anguish of the home discord.

What was he, the son, to find behind that secret door, at sight of which his mother had died with that look of anguished terror in her eyes?

Ulrich, in turn, recovered his senses, but as he felt faint with terror, he went and got a bottle of brandy out of the sideboard, and he drank off several glasses, one after anther, at a gulp.

But what if this so-called antipathy were only a fear, a terror, which borrowed the less unmanly name?

Such terrors would disgrace a cook-maid, or a toothless aunt--when they fall from the lips of bearded and senatorial men, they are nauseous, antiperistaltic, and emetical.

And then, at the promptings of that spirit of reaction that was abroad in those days when France was awakening from the nightmare of terror, some one made there and then a collection on his behalf, and came to thrust into his hands a great bundle of assignats and bank bills, which to the humble cocassier represented almost a fortune.