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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acute terror" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of intense fear or anxiety, often in a dramatic or literary context.
Example: "As the shadows crept closer, she felt a wave of acute terror wash over her, paralyzing her in place."
Alternatives: "intense fear" or "extreme dread".
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After the shots were fired, the police told people to stay away from public places, warning of an "acute terror situation".
I don't know his last name, but I think he's a graphic designer?" I'm not sure there's actually a word for the unique blend of acute terror and unforgivable shame I felt that morning imagining that I'd lost my wife to Ryan, the maybe graphic designer.
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Spurred by these protests, in February 2016, Dilma Rousseff approved an anti-terror law on the pretext that the Olympic Games faced an acute terrorism threat.
I suffered from acute night terrors and paranoia as a kid, and I still feel the after-effects today.
"It is about families, and the way their members can damage and destroy one another; it is about the devastation of acute grief, and the terror of mental instability".
These days, the argument runs, few workers expect to spend their careers in a single job, and the labour market is flexible enough for most to find new ones.The equally pressing imperative for government, therefore, is to address the über-worry beneath the fear of redundancy: voters' terror, especially acute in Britain, of losing their homes.
Experts believe the threat of Islamic terror will remain acute in Spain regardless of the trial's outcome.
To judge by the way the Oslo police were behaving, little indicated that Norway had just been the target of an act of terror, with an acute risk of secondary attacks.
Never Breathe … (along with Sieg Howdy!) was one of the most acute statements attacking Bush's "war on terror", while also caustically mocking Islamic fundamentalism on tracks such as Caped Crusader.
Life-threatening acute lung injury due to combat and/or terror attacks is associated with high mortality.
Mr. Leahy cited previous recoveries of airline traffic, after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in 2003, as grounds for optimism.
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