Synonyms:
terrify, terrorize, terrorise
Meaning: fill with terror; frighten greatly
Usage examples
It was an awful situation to be in, and one to terrify anybody.
"Really," said Athos to them, "you are not men but children, to let a woman terrify you so!
They could not deny the fact of his being there; and to terrify any person or accomplice who should attempt the same thing, they agreed to cut Cassim's body into four quarters--to hang two on one side, and two on the other, within the door of the cave.