terrorise

See also: terrorisé

English

Etymology

From terror +‎ -ise.

Verb

terrorise (third-person singular simple present terrorises, present participle terrorising, simple past and past participle terrorised)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of terrorize.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC:
      Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head…

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

terrorise

  1. inflection of terroriser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative