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   ter·ror

   /ˈterər/

   noun

   • 1. extreme fear: "people fled in terror" Similar extreme feardreadhorrorfear and tremblingfrighttrepidationalarmpanicshockinformal:funk
   • ▪ the use of terror to intimidate people, especially for political reasons; terrorism: "weapons of terror"
   • ▪ a person or thing that causes extreme fear: "his unyielding scowl became the terror of the Chicago mob" Similar demonfienddevilmonsterhorrornightmare
   • ▪ the period of the French Revolution between mid 1793 and July 1794 when the ruling Jacobin faction, dominated by Robespierre, ruthlessly executed anyone considered a threat to their regime.
   • 2. a person, especially a child, who causes trouble or annoyance: informal "placid and obedient in their parents' presence, but holy terrors when left alone" Similar rascaldevilimpmonkeywretchscampmischief-makertroublemakerinformal:horrorholy terrorperisherspalpeentykescallyvarminthellionarchaic:scapegracerapscallion

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French terrour, from Latin terror, from terrere ‘frighten’.

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