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All terrorize synonyms

ter·ror·ize
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verb terrorize

  • caned — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • intimidate — to make timid; fill with fear.
  • got to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • dismay — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
  • look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
  • comminate — to anathematize
  • frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
  • caning — a beating with a cane as a punishment
  • cow — A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
  • whaling — the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
  • buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
  • haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
  • overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
  • overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
  • lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
  • coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
  • bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • despotize — To behave like a despot.
  • concuss — to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
  • chivy — to harass or nag
  • make one's blood run cold — the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
  • horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
  • make one's hair stand on end — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
  • overawed — Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
  • dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
  • muck up — a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
  • dragoon — (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
  • bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
  • disciplining — Present participle of discipline.
  • concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
  • buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
  • bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
  • disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
  • horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
  • horrify — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
  • get to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • fright — sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
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