reign of terror
noun phrase
: a state or a period of time marked by violence often committed by those in power that produces widespread terror
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Weymouth highlights specific wolves that perpetrated reigns of terror, such as the Beast of Gévaudan, an animal (or animals) that killed 113 people and wounded an additional 49 in southern France in the 1700s.
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Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Things are looking up for many of the women who were part of June’s journey through Gilead’s reign of terror, but a mother’s work is never done.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 June 2025
But after her attack on adult Melissa (Swank), Shauna’s husband Jeff (Warren Kole) and their daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins) flee her reign of terror.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2025
During its reign of terror, the Ustaše regime persecuted and murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma, as well as Croatians opposed to their rule.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
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Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
Things are looking up for many of the women who were part of June’s journey through Gilead’s reign of terror, but a mother’s work is never done.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 June 2025
But after her attack on adult Melissa (Swank), Shauna’s husband Jeff (Warren Kole) and their daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins) flee her reign of terror.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2025
During its reign of terror, the Ustaše regime persecuted and murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma, as well as Croatians opposed to their rule.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
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“Reign of terror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reign%20of%20terror. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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