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Adjective: terrifying  'te-ru`fI-ing
  1. Causing extreme terror
    "a terrifying wail"
    - terrific [archaic]
Verb: terrify  'te-ru`fI
  1. Fill with terror; frighten greatly
    "The defendant was convicted of placing dynamite in a certain building with intent to Injure, Intimidate, and terrify human beings"
    - terrorize, terrorise [Brit]

See also: alarming, terror

Type of: affright, fright, frighten, scare

Encyclopedia: Terrify

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