terrify

UK /ˈterɪfaɪ/US /ˈterɪfaɪ/

Meaning

verb

to make somebody feel extremely frightened

“terrify somebody, Flying terrifies her.”

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“And some of them are great, and some of them are a little terrifying.”

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