terrorize[verb]Synonyms: oppress, browbeat, bully, coerce, intimidate, menace, threaten
Related Idioms: scare to death, use gestapo tactics on
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ter‧ror‧ize (
also terrorise British English) /ˈterəraɪz/
verb [transitive] to deliberately frighten people by threatening to harm them, especially so they will do what you want
be terrorized into doing something
Many people have been terrorized into leaving. gangs who terrorize the neighbourhood [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲