terrorise

See also: terrorisé

English

Alternative forms

terrorize (American)

Etymology

terror +‎ -ise

Verb

terrorise (third-person singular simple present terrorises, present participle terrorising, simple past and past participle terrorised) (British spelling, transitive)

To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483:
  , Episode 16
  Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head…
To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.

Synonyms

(fill with terror) petrify, terrify
(coerce by threats or violence) bully, hector

Related terms

terrorism
terrorist

Translations

fill with terror

German: terrorisieren (de)
Greek: τρομοκρατώ (el) (tromokrató)

Italian: terrorizzare (it)
Swedish: terrorisera (sv)

Anagrams

roisterer

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: terrorisent, terrorises

Verb

terrorise

first-person singular present indicative of terroriser
third-person singular present indicative of terroriser
first-person singular present subjunctive of terroriser
third-person singular present subjunctive of terroriser
second-person singular imperative of terroriser