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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Released 18 years after 28 Weeks Later (2007), the third installment in the postapocalyptic horror series is set on one of the British Isles, where a community has flourished, isolated from the more evolved versions of the infected that still terrorize the region.
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
He has been charged with felony first degree burglary, felony breaking and entering with intent to terrorize, and misdemeanor first degree trespass, police said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
In the play, the main character, Susan, is a blind woman who faces off against three criminals who terrorize her in her own apartment.
—David Wade, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The novel is set a few years after the Boston Strangler terrorized that New England city, and the same summer as Richard Speck murdered eight nurses in Chicago, with the Zodiac Killer, the Manson family and countless others to follow.
—Diane Garrett, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
He has been charged with felony first degree burglary, felony breaking and entering with intent to terrorize, and misdemeanor first degree trespass, police said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
In the play, the main character, Susan, is a blind woman who faces off against three criminals who terrorize her in her own apartment.
—David Wade, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The novel is set a few years after the Boston Strangler terrorized that New England city, and the same summer as Richard Speck murdered eight nurses in Chicago, with the Zodiac Killer, the Manson family and countless others to follow.
—Diane Garrett, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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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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