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terrify Definition


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terrify
verb
    terrifies, terrified, terrifying
    1. To make very frightened; to fill with terror.
      Thesaurus: scare, frighten, terrorize, shock, horrify, panic, alarm.
Derivative: terrified
adj
    Very frightened; filled with terror
      Thesaurus: frightened, terrorized, shocked, horrified, petrified, panic-stricken, alarmed, scared.
Derivative: terrifying
adj
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin terrificare.



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