frightfulness

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Truly the exponents of Frightfulness have felt the recoil of their own vile methods.

From Great Britain at War by Farnol, Jeffery

For if the men on the humbler craft could be intimidated, the doctrine of Frightfulness would be justified by victory.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

"Clemency versus Frightfulness", by William T. Harrington, is a thoughtful and lucid exposition of the British governmental ideal of lenient justice; an ideal whose practical success has vividly demonstrated its thorough soundness.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

Miss Pinckney still knitted antimacassars, and the construction of antimacassars is impossible 208 without Berlin wool—that obsolete form of German Frightfulness.

From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

On January 31, 1917, "Frightfulness" began anew, and the undersea fleets, enormously increased, were set loose in shoals.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert