terrify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

terrify
    v 1: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: {terrify},
         {terrorize}, {terrorise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F.
   terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.]
   1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
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            If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
            sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
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            When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
                                                  --Luke xxi. 9.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrify":
      affright, alarm, appall, awe, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify,
      paralyze, petrify, scare, scare stiff, scare to death, shock,
      spook, startle, strike dumb, strike terror into, stun, stupefy,
      terrorize