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 number of Haitians forced to flee their homes by terrorizing armed gangs has now hit nearly 1.3 million, the United Nations International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
Two armed crooks posing as Amazon deliverymen raided a Queens home, terrorizing a family of five including two small children, police said Tuesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
Built specifically to house the gang members that terrorized this country, the prison is spartan as a space station, grim as a gulag.
—Philip Holsinger, Time, 10 June 2025
An immigration judge had determined that Abrego Garcia would likely face persecution there by local gangs that had allegedly terrorized him and his family.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 6 June 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
Two armed crooks posing as Amazon deliverymen raided a Queens home, terrorizing a family of five including two small children, police said Tuesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
Built specifically to house the gang members that terrorized this country, the prison is spartan as a space station, grim as a gulag.
—Philip Holsinger, Time, 10 June 2025
An immigration judge had determined that Abrego Garcia would likely face persecution there by local gangs that had allegedly terrorized him and his family.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 6 June 2025
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 17 Jun. 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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