Terrorize

Definition

terror /'terǝ(r)/ n ၁။ (က) [U] ထိတ္လန္႔ေၾကာက္ရြံ႕ျခင္း။ run away in terror ❍ scream with terror ❍ be in terror of one's life (ie afraid of being killed) ❍ She lives in terror of (ie is constantly afraid of) losing her job. ❍ strike terror into sb (ie make them very frightened). See also REIGN OF TERROR (ခ) [C] ေၾကာက္ျခင္း။ လန္႔ျခင္း။ အထိတ္တလန္႔ျဖစ္မႈ။ have a terror of heights ❍ The terrors of the night were past. ၂။ [C] မ်က္ျဖဴဆိုက္စရာ။ street gangs that are the terror of the neighbourhood ❍ Death holds no terrors for (ie does not frighten) me. ၃။ [C] ( infml ) ေအာ့ေၾကာလန္။ Their children are absolute terrors. ❏ terrorize, -ise /'terǝraÇz/ v အၾကမ္းဖက္ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္သည္။ local gangs terrorizing the neighbourhood ❍ villagers terrorized into leaving their homes.

Examples

1. [in terror] : Thousands of islanders fled in terror yesterday as the volcano erupted.
2. [sheer/pure/absolute terror] : I remember the sheer terror of those bombing raids.
3. [strike terror into someone] : He didn’t strike the same terror into me as other dentists.
4. [live in terror of someone/something] : Everyone for miles around lived in terror of them.
5. The terrors of the night
6. A deliberate campaign of terror
7. Terror attacks/tactics/groups
8. She’s such a little terror.