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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Terrorize

/tĕr'-ẽr-īzˌ/ · Ter·ror·ize · IPA /ˈtɛɹəɹaɪz/
01 v. t. To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
  1. 1.
    To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
    “Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority.” — J. A. Symonds.