Definition of "terror" []

• Intense, overpowering fear. See Synonyms at fear. (noun)
• One that instills intense fear: a rabid dog that became the terror of the neighborhood. (noun)
• The ability to instill intense fear: the terror of jackboots pounding down the street. (noun)
• Violence committed or threatened by a group to intimidate or coerce a population, as for military or political purposes. (noun)
• Informal An annoying or intolerable pest: that little terror of a child. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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