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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Trump is terrorizing our immigrant communities.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Caudle, 40, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and breaking and entering to terrorize, officials said.
—Mark Price
may 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
This would have come as news to the Highland Scots who invaded England in 1745 or the Irish Whiteboys who terrorized landlords and tax collectors a few decades later.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In an otherwise quiet San Fernando Valley neighborhood, a man has continued to terrorize others for years, and neighbors say their calls for help have gone unresolved.
—Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Caudle, 40, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and breaking and entering to terrorize, officials said.
—Mark Price
may 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
This would have come as news to the Highland Scots who invaded England in 1745 or the Irish Whiteboys who terrorized landlords and tax collectors a few decades later.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In an otherwise quiet San Fernando Valley neighborhood, a man has continued to terrorize others for years, and neighbors say their calls for help have gone unresolved.
—Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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“Terrorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorize. Accessed 10 May. 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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