terror

«terror» in Mova's school dictionary: Very great fear: They screamed in terror — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (terror — uncountable; a terror, terrors)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very great fear: They screamed in terror. tree →

2) Something or someone that causes great fear. tree →

3) Violence used to frighten people, usually for political aims (terrorism): a terror attack. tree →

4) (informal) A naughty, wild child: Their toddler is a little terror! tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories «terror» shows the strongest fear: «frozen with terror». In news it is linked to terrorism, which children can talk about with trusted adults. In everyday family talk «a little terror» is a fond name for a naughty child.

examples

• The mouse froze in terror when it saw the cat. tree →
• She ran from the dog in terror. tree →
• The storm brought terror to the small village. tree →
• The news reported a terror attack. tree →
• My little cousin is a real terror at bedtime! tree →
• The pirates were the terror of the seas. tree →
• The command struck terror among the beasts. tree →

note

Adjective: terrible, terrifying; verb: terrify; noun: terrorist, terrorism. Terror is stronger than fear or fright. «A little terror» about a child is affectionate.

In the corpora

• Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.
• Screamed makes the wind sound wild and frightening, like a person in terror.
• "Little terror" means a very naughty child (jokey).
• and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
• At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «terror» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.