sudden+terror

  • 1sudden terror — index fright Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Sudden Death (film) — Infobox Film name = Sudden Death director = Peter Hyams producer = Howard Baldwin Moshe Diamant writer = Karen Elise Baldwin (story) Gene Quintano (screenplay) starring = Jean Claude Van Damme Powers Boothe Raymond J. Barry Whittni Wright Ross… …

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  • 3terror — terrorful, adj. terrorless, adj. /ter euhr/, n. 1. intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror. 2. an instance or cause of intense fear or anxiety; quality of causing terror: to be a terror to evildoers. 3. any period of… …

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  • 4sudden passion — Characteristically .of sudden development. In the definition of manslaughter as homicide committed without premeditation but under the influence of sudden passion, the words mean any intense and vehement emotional excitement of the kind prompting …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 5plague of terror — sudden burst of fear, attack of horror …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 6night terror — noun an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings • Hypernyms: ↑drama, ↑dramatic event * *… …

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  • 7War on Terror — This article is about the international military campaign. For the board game, see War on Terror (game). War on Terror …

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  • 8night terror — noun Date: 1896 a sudden awakening in dazed terror that occurs in children during slow wave sleep, is often preceded by a sudden shrill cry uttered in sleep, and is not remembered when the child awakes usually used in plural …

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  • 9night terror — night ter·ror ter ər n a sudden awakening in dazed terror that occurs in children during slow wave sleep, is often preceded by a sudden shrill cry uttered in sleep, and is not remembered when the child awakes usu. used in pl. called also pavor… …

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  • 10night terror — Psychiatry. a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare. Also called sleep terror disorder. [1895 1900] * * * …

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