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      • extreme fear: They fled from the city in terror. There was sheer / abject terror in her eyes when he came back into the room. What he said struck terror in my heart (= made me very frightened). Heights have/ hold no terrors for me (= do not frighten me).
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  2. TERROR definition: 1. extreme fear: 2. violent action or threats designed to cause fear among ordinary people, in…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of TERROR is a state of intense or overwhelming fear. How to use terror in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Terror.

  4. noun. Definition of terror. Synonyms for terror. The sound of guns being fired fills me with terror. These people have been living with terror and the threat of terror for many years. Many civilians fled in terror. This is where the terror-edge of being lost bends to leisurely joy. — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023.

  5. I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane. The day of terror ended after police used teargas and stormed the house. The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign. As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people. He was a terror.

  6. noun. /ˈterə (r)/. /ˈterər/. [uncountable, singular] a feeling of extreme fear. a feeling of sheer/pure terror. Her eyes were wild with terror. in terror People fled from the explosion in terror. He lives in terror of (= is constantly afraid of) losing his job.

  7. Terror is the feeling of extreme fear. If you unexpectedly find someone dressed up as a vampire in your closet in the middle of a dark night, you might well experience feelings of terror. If you feel terror, you are frozen to the spot in fear.

  8. Terror definition: intense, sharp, overmastering fear. See examples of TERROR used in a sentence.

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