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Reign of Terror was a demo released by Death in 1984. Along with Death's demo Infernal Death , Reign of Terror "influenced the Death metal scene tremendously", as "their low and guttural nature would become the staple of the genre". Author Ian Christe , ...
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n. any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began"
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n. A period of brutal intimidation by those in power.
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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 .] Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent ...
Usage examples of reign of terror.
Block have created a reign of terror directed toward us prisoners.
He became fierce, peremptory, glacial, and imposed a reign of terror upon his staff no less than upon the troops.
On the 27th of July, of the year 1794 (the 9th Thermidor of the year II, according to the strange chronology of the revolution), the reign of Terror came to an end, and all Paris danced with joy.
But who foresaw that the idea of democracy hi France would bring the Reign of Terror, Napoleon, and a generation of war?
The only reason that he's not a one-troll reign of terror is the ease with which his thought processes can be derailed by anyone who tries something fiendishly cunning, like an outright denial.