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(n)
A frightening person, especially a misbehaving child.
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An indication of potential or imminent danger.
(figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
a very troublesome child
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
(v)
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of terrorize. [To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.]
A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.
(adj)
Extremely frightened.
(informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
(uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
One who or that which kills.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
(baseball) A batter who has a high percentage of extra base hits.
The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
Measures intended to combat or reduce terrorist activities.
Alternative form of counter-terrorism. [Measures intended to combat or reduce terrorist activities.]
One who opposes terrorism.
(law enforcement, military, often attributive) Activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
A sudden, heavy impact.
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
The act of terrorizing.
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
A feeling of amazement.
The quality of being frightful.
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
Death and destruction.
Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
(uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
The state or condition of being murderous.
Extreme anger.
Extreme pain.
The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.
The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
Alternative form of terrorization. [The act of terrorizing.]
A cruel or savage act.
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
A perceived threat or danger.
The characteristic of being dreadful.
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
Of or pertaining to a terrorist, terrorism, or terror.
Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
An adherent of jihadism.
(uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
The state of being helpless.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Counter-terrorism.
(of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
The quality of being fiendish.
The state of being insane; madness.
The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
A barbaric act.
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
The distress that results from some disaster.
A jihadist.
The property of being scary.
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
Any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
Violent uncontrolled anger.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
The state or quality of being awful.
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.