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terror

Dictionary definition · terror

noun

  1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  2. a person who inspires fear or dread"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
  3. a very troublesome child
  4. the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)"he used terror to make them confess"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).