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# terror

«terror» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very great fear: They screamed in terror** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (terror — uncountable; a terror, terrors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very great fear: They screamed in terror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#m1)

2) Something or someone that causes great fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#m2)

3) Violence used to frighten people, usually for political aims (terrorism): a terror attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#m3)

4) (informal) A naughty, wild child: Their toddler is a little terror! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «terror» shows the strongest fear: «frozen with terror». In news it is linked to terrorism, which children can talk about with trusted adults. In everyday family talk «a little terror» is a fond name for a naughty child.

### examples

- The mouse froze in terror when it saw the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x1)
- She ran from the dog in terror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x2)
- The storm brought terror to the small village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x3)
- The news reported a terror attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x4)
- My little cousin is a real terror at bedtime! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x5)
- The pirates were the terror of the seas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x6)
- The command struck terror among the beasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/#x7)

### note

Adjective: terrible, terrifying; verb: terrify; noun: terrorist, terrorism. Terror is stronger than fear or fright. «A little terror» about a child is affectionate.

### In the corpora

- [Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/14/)
- [Screamed makes the wind sound wild and frightening, like a person in terror.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/2/)
- ["Little terror" means a very naughty child (jokey).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/15/)
- [and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.980/)
- [At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.373/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «terror» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.