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terrify

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
terrify/ˈterɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (terrifies, terrifying, terrified) cause to feel terror.

– derivatives
terrifier noun,
terrifying adjective,
terrifyingly adverb.

– origin C16: from L. terrificare, from terrificus (see terrific).

'terrify' also found in these Oxford entries:

consternate - ghastly

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