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• v  fill with terror; frighten greatly
• s  causing extreme terror
  a terrifying wail

• To describe the essence of Tyrannosaurus rex, the most terrifying predator that ever lived, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno offers this: "Jaws on fast-running legs.
• Along the way, she also survived a terrifying disease.
• He was 41 years old, a decorated Soviet physicist developing atomic weapons of terrifying power deep in the heart of the Soviet Union.

• terrify
• terrorize
• terrorise
• terrific

News & Articles

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• Heartless Miranda is back in 'Devil Wears Prada' sequel
  LONDON (Reuters) - Terrifying magazine editor Miranda Priestly returns to loom over former intern Andy Sachs a decade later in Lauren Weisberger's sequel to her best-selling debut novel "The
  June 21, 2013 - Denver Post
• Video Interview - Outlast
  Outlast aims to bring a truly terrifying survival horror experience to the PS4. Check out the video below to hear Red Barrels Games' Philippe Morin take delight in the goal of Outlast: to "scare the s--- out of you". (Please visit the site to view this media) Visit our  E3 News Headquarters  for all the stories from the show.
  June 21, 2013 - Game Informer
• Woman recalls terrifying Father's Day tire accident
  Alesha Monk says she remembers everything from a terrifying and rare kind of automobile accident on Sunday afternoon that left her boyfriend in a coma with severe injuries.
  June 20, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

Quotes

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• Christopher Hampton in Forbes
  Frankly, for me, the prospect of being on television is what's so frightening about it,said Hampton, an Oscar winner for the screenplay of 1988's "Dangerous Liaisons." "It was terrifying, the Oscars, with 1 billion people watching them. I...
• Ban Ki-moon in Reuters South Africa
  These scenes are as frightening as a science fiction movie,Ban said. "But they are even more terrifying, because they are real."
• Benjamin Nugent in International Herald Tribune
  One imagines a terrifying rally of 'Star Trek' people shouting, 'One of us!'Nugent said, in an interview conducted by e-mail, of course.