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terrifying

adjective as in frightening

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Earlier in the season, Vecna possessed Nancy, showing her a terrifying vision of mass death and destruction in Hawkins and the four gates to the Upside Down ripping through the town.

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On the witness stand of a Pomona courtroom, the business owner told a bizarre and terrifying story.

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She turns the corner, utters a terrifying battle cry, and starts slashing for her life, cutting through strands of webbing.

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They had been ordered with terrifying strictness to say not one word about Veronika’s letter or any other topic until their mother decided the moment was right to spring the news on the captain.

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For all Penelope knew, the Incorrigibles might not have survived without the care of those terrifying beasts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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