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/reɪn əv tˈɛrər/ Listen

noun

Terror n.

Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright. "Terror seized the rebel host."

That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. "Those enormous terrors of the Nile." "Rulers are not a terror to good works." "There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats." Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like.

King of terrors, death.

Reign of Terror. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Synonyms: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See Alarm.

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... characters. There, again and again, her idyllic spring-time renewed its bloom, and the freshness of her impressions continued unimpaired until her dying day. She even remained in the country during the Reign of Terror, her retreat being respected, and her relatives flocking about her; and "I can readily believe," writes Mme de Remusat, in a charming portrait of her venerable friend, "that she retains, of those frightful days, merely the memory of the increased tenderness and ...

— The Bed-Book of Happiness • Harold Begbie

... the Reign of Terror, with Robespierre the king. The struggles between the boa and the lion are past: the boa has consumed the lion, and is heavy with the gorge,—Danton has fallen, and Camille Desmoulins. Danton had said before ...

— Zanoni • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... especially directed to a discussion of the principles and consequences of fascism. The author gives an effective account of what "total domination" signifies in a reign of terror. Detailed bibliography. ...

— Readings on Fascism and National Socialism • Various

... gardener who conducted us about the grounds had that advantage; he showed us the place where the theatre stood, filling the space on the left-hand side in entering, between the chateau and the chapel, but the inscription on the last, Voltaire a Dieu, was removed during the reign of terror. The old gardener spoke favourably of his old master, who was, he said, bon homme tout-a-fait, bien charitable, and took an airing every morning in ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume XII., No. 324, July 26, 1828 • Various

... was the Reign of Terror. Haggard doctors were ever on the go, snatching a bite or a moment's sleep when chance allowed. Till then, modern history had been reckoned in Westville from the town's invasion by factories, or from that more distant time when lightning had struck the Court House. But those milestones of ...

— Counsel for the Defense • Leroy Scott

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