terror

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1. 1.That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the Nile. Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii.
2. 2.There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak. 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. Job xviii.
3. 3.-- Reign of Terror. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. See Alarm.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is that which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the Nile. Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii called?
• What is -- Reign of Terror. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. See Alarm called?