terrify
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- v fill with terror; frighten greatly
- The valley of Elah is where the Philistines sent out their Goliath to terrify the Israelites, and where young David felled the giant with his trusty slingshot.
- But the sender had not included a power source, which indicated to investigators that the Bishop, meant to terrify, not kill at least not yet.
- It's unlikely to kill 10,000 people, but any bomb that killed people and set off Geiger counters would terrify a whole city.