as in to frighten
to strike with fear
the prospect of speaking in front of a huge crowd of people absolutely terrifies me
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Working at the Gates Foundation is described as stressful—and staff are terrified of Gates, according to Das, who is a finance editor at the New York Times.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
Knowing the workplace’s history, the victims were terrified, according to case notes.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
The fact that those rights are now being threatened again is terrifying.
—Stef Mitchell, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
The people of southwestern Japan seem to have avoided major damage, though the shaking would have been terrifying.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
Knowing the workplace’s history, the victims were terrified, according to case notes.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
The fact that those rights are now being threatened again is terrifying.
—Stef Mitchell, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
The people of southwestern Japan seem to have avoided major damage, though the shaking would have been terrifying.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Terrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrify. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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