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Reign of Terror

the period of the French Revolution from 1793 to 1794, during which many persons were executed as counterrevolutionaries: often used figuratively

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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