What does terror mean?
Definitions for terror
ˈtɛr ərter·ror
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word terror.
Princeton's WordNet
panic, terror, affrightnoun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror, scourge, threatnoun
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
terror, brat, little terror, holy terrornoun
a very troublesome child
terrornoun
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
"he used terror to make them confess"
Wiktionary
terrornoun
intense dread, fright, or fear.
terrornoun
specific instances of being intensely terrified
terrornoun
the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction
terrornoun
something or someone that causes such fear.
Etymology: From terreur, from accusative terrorem, from terreo, from tre-, tres-.
ChatGPT
terror
Terror refers to extreme fear or dread that is often intense, overwhelming, and typically induced by a perceived threat or danger. It can also refer to the use of violence or threats, particularly for political purposes, with the intention of creating intense fear among the populace.
Webster Dictionary
Terrornoun
extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright
Terrornoun
that which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear
Wikidata
Terror
Terror is a hardcore punk band with members from Los Angeles, California and Richmond, Virginia. Their second album One with the Underdogs sold over 40,000 copies. They have toured throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Mexico and South America. Their third album, Always the Hard Way reached No. 10 on Billboard Heatseekers and No. 19 on the Top Independent Records chart. Before Terror, vocalist Scott Vogel sang for Slugfest, Despair, and for Buffalo based hardcore metal act Buried Alive in the mid-90's. Drummer Nick Jett and ex-guitarist Todd Jones were members of the well-known hardcore band Carry On. Carl Schwartz, formerly of Sworn Vengeance, recorded much of Always the Hard Way after quitting the band to front First Blood full time. Vogel is widely known in the scene not just for his efforts to keep hardcore "pure" and "fun," but for his love of stagedives, and for his tendency for bizarre and often hilarious on-stage banter, known colloquially as "Vogelisms". Examples include: "We need to elevate the maximum stagedive potential", "Take this shit to the next level", "Who cares if you're Christian?", and "Maximum output! Activate the pit!" Terror also participated in the first two years of the Sounds of the Underground tour. Their new album due out in 2012 is to be titled "Live By The Code." "Live By The Code" was pushed back to April 2013 and will be released by Victory Records on CD and by Reaper Records for the vinyl. The band explained the decision to go with Victory on their Twitter account, Facebook account and via their official website. Terror's 2013 album "Live By The Code" was the band's first time charting on the The Billboard 200 at #121. It was also number one on the Heatseekers chart and #28 on Independent chart. LBTC sold 3,177 copies in its first week
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Terror
ter′or, n. extreme fear: an object of fear or dread—(Milt.) Terr′our.—adj. Terr′or-haunt′ed, haunted with terror.—n. Terrorisā′tion.—v.t. Terr′orise, to terrify: to govern by terror.—ns. Terr′oriser, one who terrorises; Terr′orism, a state of terror: a state which impresses terror: an organised system of intimidation; Terr′orist, one who rules by terror.—adjs. Terr′orless, free from terror: harmless; Terr′or-smit′ten, -strick′en, -struck, seized with terror, terrified.—v.t. Terr′or-strike, to smite with terror.—King of Terrors, death; Reign of Terror, or The Terror, the period of fever in the first French Revolution, during which the king, the queen, thousands of victims—the innocent and the guilty—the Girondists, Danton, Madame Roland, and at last Robespierre, were hurried to the guillotine. [L. terror—terrēre, to frighten.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'terror' in Nouns Frequency: #2138
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of terror in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of terror in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of terror in a Sentence
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:
Many messages relating to the execution of terror attacks are sent using encryption; it is a central issue in the fight against terrorism, france will make proposals. I have sent a number of them to my Germany colleague.
After full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris, I will oppose any attempt to relocate Syrian refugees to Alabama through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, as your Governor, I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm's way.
From a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris we have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for faith – their faith – profess to stand up for Islam but in fact are betraying it.
I think step one is to stop deflecting and to own it and to acknowledge the fact that we have new challenges that are emerging from the situation in Afghanistan, what we need to see is… action that demonstrates and underscores the fact that we are not going to sit idle in the face of a heightened threat of terror.
The president of the United States has concluded that the War on Terror has reached a point that we can safely release people from Gitmo, the best I can say about him is he's unfocused. That's delusional thinking. The War on Terror has reached a lethal phase, and it is insane to be letting these people out of Gitmo to go back to the fight.
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- ذعرArabic
- terrorCatalan, Valencian
- terorCzech
- terrorDanish
- Terror, SchreckenGerman
- φόβητρο, τρόμοςGreek
- teruroEsperanto
- terrorSpanish
- ترورPersian
- kauhu, terroriFinnish
- terreur, effroiFrench
- uafásIrish
- maoimScottish Gaelic
- terrorGalician
- आतंकHindi
- rémület, rettenet, rettegésHungarian
- ահ, սարսափArmenian
- terorIndonesian
- terroreItalian
- אימהHebrew
- 恐怖Japanese
- ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆKannada
- 恐怖, 공포Korean
- timoreLatin
- terreurDutch
- skrekkNorwegian
- ił hóóyééʼNavajo, Navaho
- terrorPolish
- terrorPortuguese
- teroare, spaimăRomanian
- ужасRussian
- grozaSlovene
- tmerr, terrorAlbanian
- terrorSwedish
- பயங்கரவாதTamil
- టెర్రర్Telugu
- ความหวาดกลัวThai
- dehşet, yıldırı, terörTurkish
- терорUkrainian
- دہشت گردیUrdu
- khủng bốVietnamese
- טעראָרYiddish
- 恐怖Chinese
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