"terrors" in the noun sense
1. panic, terror, affright
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2. terror, scourge, threat
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
3. terror, brat, little terror, holy terror
a very troublesome child
4. terror
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons
"he used terror to make them confess"
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