Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of terrorizing, or the state of being terrorized. Also spelled
terrorisation .
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- noun the act of inspiring with fear
- noun an act of terrorism
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Examples
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Most of them, he points out, were experts in exactly the kind of merciless repression and terrorization that the dictatorship in Argentina found useful.
A Nazi Story That Still Surprises Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011
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And that, I feel, is ultimately what I am objecting to: the terrorization of the planet by the United States and Israel.
Sister Loss Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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Again, Wow worthy, at least to those of us who think that torture, murder, and terrorization are — like, you know — wrong.
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And that, I feel, is ultimately what I am objecting to: the terrorization of the planet by the United States and Israel.
Archive 2009-01-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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Is today's justified intervention in Kosovo, led by you, Mr. President, a lasting warning that never again will the deportation, the terrorization of children and their parents be allowed anywhere in the world?
r_urell: The Perils of Indifference r_urell 2010
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Russell also says he expects, "a constant level of state repression and terrorization, before, during and after [the referendum] ... to try and minimize the popular participation."
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Russell also says he expects, "a constant level of state repression and terrorization, before, during and after [the referendum] ... to try and minimize the popular participation."
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Again, Wow worthy, at least to those of us who think that torture, murder, and terrorization are — like, you know —wrong.
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None of these small moments accounts for the terrorization of communities and the damage done to families every day at the hands of the state.
Randall Amster: Phoenix Rising ... and the Struggle Continues 2010
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They were expelled through what the UN, European institutions, and human rights NGOs have recognized as a systematic campaign of terrorization, mass-expulsion, and wanton destruction of towns and villages.
Payam Akhavan: The World Court's Decision on Kosovo Reinforces Georgia's Case Payam Akhavan 2010
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