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词汇 terrorizing
释义 terrorizing
present participle ofterrorize
terrorize
verb[ T ]
(UK usuallyterrorise)uk /ˈter.ə.raɪz/ us /ˈter.ə.raɪz/
to make someone feel very frightened by threatening to kill or hurt them: 恐吓,威胁;使惊恐不安
Street gangs have been terrorizing the neighbourhood.一直以来,街头流氓团伙闹得四邻不安。
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terrify
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Frightening and scaring
chill
chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom
cow
cow someone into something/doing something
creep
curdle
daylight
flesh
ghoulishly
heart-stopping
heebie-jeebies
jump scare
make someone's blood curdleidiom
scare
scare someone into doing something
scare someone shitlessidiom
scaremongering
send
send chills down/up someone's spineidiom
shiver

Examples of terrorizing


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Is it permissible to threaten to do what it is impermissible actually to do as a way of terrorizing?
Perceval and his colleagues were particularly strict church-and-king disciplinarians, and they had no qualms about terrorizing the press.
Harming and terrorizing are also a goal of action but are not sufficient on their own.
He may choose between nonserious harming and terrorizing on these grounds.
Some people now suspect a number of different political figures of terrorizing the public.
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Furthermore, the country experienced a breakdown of law and order, with collaborationist militias roaming the countryside terrorizing the population.
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As a child he taught himself the art of horror makeup, gaining notoriety by terrorizing local neighborhoods.
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These groups are were involved in battling the guerrillas and terrorizing their supporters or sympathizers among the civilian population.
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She tells them a demon riding a tiger has been terrorizing the area.
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Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople.
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Soon he deserted the service and organized its own gang conducting raids, setting estates on fire, robbing and terrorizing the local population.
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He is tired of the wolf disrupting his day and terrorizing guests.
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He also develops a list of demands that it will seek from the government that it is terrorizing.
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It never occurred to them that they were inadvertently terrorizing the countryside.
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After they are done terrorizing the guests, they run into the basement to demorph.
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