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terror definition

ter·ror (ter′ər)

noun

  1. intense fear
    1. a person or thing causing intense fear
    2. the quality of causing such fear; terribleness
  3. a program of terrorism or a party, group, etc. resorting to terrorism
  4. Informal a very annoying or unmanageable person, esp. a child; nuisance; pest

Etymology: ME terrour < MFr terreur < L terror < terrere, to frighten < IE *ters-, to tremble (> Gr trein, to tremble, flee) < base *ter-, to wriggle

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