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terrifying

adjective as in frightening

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A Kent couple have described their "terrifying" experience being conned out of nearly £30,000 by scammers who impersonated police.

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“Daily Memo” has become the diary Los Angeles never asked for but which is now indispensable, documenting in real time one of the most terrifying chapters in the region’s history.

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Posting about the "terrifying" ordeal on Instagram, the show's head judge said: "I really thought that was it."

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Almost three terrifying hours later, the police found her, huddled on a neighbor’s porch.

“But if an emergency happens, or one of us gets diagnosed with cancer or something, it’s terrifying to think about what would happen.”

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

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