terrify
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He told Salon that equating drug traffickers with terrorist is meant to “stigmatize and terrify people.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
Mary McCarthy has been driving for almost 20 years, but has only driven on the motorway about ten times in her life because they terrify her.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Here’s the part that should terrify everyone buying “AI-powered trading systems” in 2025: Even now, with every firm on Wall Street running the same technology, Medallion still beats them.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
This one was how can we only use dialogue to provoke, terrify and generate suspense.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Katie did not mean to terrify the child.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Vocabulary lists containing terrify
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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