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terrify
verb
the unspoken threat terrified her:
petrify, scare stiff, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare the hell out of, strike terror into, fill with fear, put the fear of God into, make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, paralyse with fear, make someone's flesh creep, give someone goose pimples, make someone's hair stand on end, send into a cold sweat, make someone shake in their shoes;
horrify, alarm, appal, panic, throw into a panic;
frighten, scare;
informal scare the pants off, make someone's hair curl, scarify;
British, informal throw into a blue funk;
Irish, informal scare the bejesus out of;
North American, informal spook;
vulgar slang scare shitless, scare the shit out of;
archaic affright.
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