Examples of terrorize in a Sentence
As a child she terrorized her younger siblings.
She was terrorized by nightmares.
Employees were terrorized into accepting abysmal working conditions.
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The story follows Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the ancient Demon Slayer Corps after seeing his family killed by the man-eating demons terrorizing 20th-century Taishō-era Japan.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Earlier that day, Ukrainian intelligence services had launched an attack deep inside Russia, targeting the bombers and surveillance aircraft that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses to terrorize Ukrainian cities.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Khalil Mack, who has terrorized the Raiders, had a sack and then hurt his left elbow at the end of the first quarter.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Godzilla has terrorized the Land of the Rising Sun for decades.
—Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Earlier that day, Ukrainian intelligence services had launched an attack deep inside Russia, targeting the bombers and surveillance aircraft that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses to terrorize Ukrainian cities.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Khalil Mack, who has terrorized the Raiders, had a sack and then hurt his left elbow at the end of the first quarter.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Godzilla has terrorized the Land of the Rising Sun for decades.
—Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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terrorize
verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz 
terrorized; terrorizing
1
: to fill with terror
2
: to force by threat or violence
Legal Definition
terrorize
transitive verb
ter·ror·ize
ˈter-ər-ˌīz
terrorized; terrorizing
: to inflict terror upon
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