Definitions for reign of terror
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1. reign of terrornoun

   any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France

2. Reign of Terrornoun

   the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed

   "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began"

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1. reign of terrornoun

   A period of brutal intimidation by those in power.

2. Etymology: From the Reign of Terror that took place during the French Revolution.

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1. Reign of Terror

   The Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety. There is disagreement among historians over when exactly "the Terror" began. Some consider it to have begun only in 1793, giving the date as either 5 September, June or March, when the Revolutionary Tribunal came into existence. Others, however, cite the earlier time of the September Massacres in 1792, or even July 1789, when the first killing of the revolution occurred.The term "Terror" being used to describe the period was introduced by the Thermidorian Reaction who took power after the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794, to discredit Robespierre and justify their actions. Today there is consensus amongst historians that the exceptional revolutionary measures continued after the death of Robespierre, and this subsequent period is now called the "White Terror". By then, 16,594 official death sentences had been dispensed throughout France since June 1793, of which 2,639 were in Paris alone; and an additional 10,000 died in prison, without trial, or under both of these circumstances.

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1. reign of terror

   Reign of Terror refers to a period of extreme violence, fear, and political turmoil, often characterized by mass executions, persecutions or repression, particularly under an authoritarian regime or government. This term is most commonly associated with the period of the French Revolution from 1793 to 1794, when the Revolutionary government conducted mass executions of perceived enemies of the Republic.

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1. Reign of Terror

   The Reign of Terror, also known simply as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine, and another 25,000 in summary executions across France. The guillotine became the symbol of the revolutionary cause, strengthened by a string of executions: King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, the Girondins, Philippe Égalité, and Madame Roland, as well as many others such as pioneering chemist Antoine Lavoisier, lost their lives under its blade. During 1794, revolutionary France was beset with conspiracies by internal and foreign enemies. Within France, the revolution was opposed by the French nobility, which had lost its inherited privileges. The Roman Catholic Church was generally against the Revolution, which had turned the clergy into employees of the state and required they take an oath of loyalty to the nation. In addition, the First French Republic was engaged in a series of wars with neighboring powers intent on crushing the revolution to prevent its spread.

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1. Reign of Terror

   the name given to the bloody consummation of the fiery French Revolution, including a period which lasted 420 days, from the fall of the Girondists on the 31st May 1793 to the overthrow of Robespierre and his accomplices on 27th July 1794, the actors in which at length, seeing nothing but "Terror" ahead, had in their despair said to themselves, "Be it so. Que la Terreur soit à l'ordre du jour (having sown the wind, come let us reap the whirlwind). One of the frightfulest things ever born of Time. So many as four thousand guillotined, fusilladed, noyaded, done to dire death, of whom nine hundred were women."

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1. reign of terror

   A term applied to a period of anarchy, bloodshed, and confiscation, in the history of the French revolution, during which the country was under the sway of the actual terror inspired by the ferocious measures of its governors, who had established it avowedly as the principle of their authority. It commenced after the fall of the Girondists, May 31, 1793, and extended to the overthrow of Robespierre and his accomplices, July 27, 1794. Thousands of persons were put to death during this short time.

2. reign of terror

   See Reign of Terror.

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   The numerical value of reign of terror in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of reign of terror in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of reign of terror in a Sentence

1. Thae Yong-ho:

   Until now, the North Korean system has prevailed through an effective and credible reign of terror and by almost perfectly preventing the free-flow of outside information.

2. Michael Bromwich:

   It really is kind of a reign of terror that is unleashed for the IG community and at a time when their oversight is more needed and more necessary than frankly any time that I can remember, that is bad for everyone, but it's worse for the public.

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   I've been hunting bad guys for over three decades and I'm always glad and greatly relieved to share the news that their reign of terror is over.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
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6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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