Whatever else the word may have meant, its ordinary use over more than two centuries has typically indicated two things: violence and intimidation (the causing of great fear or terror, terrorizing).
The Somali pirates are more terrorized than terrorizing, lost in an event that they can't control.
Fadl acknowledges that "terrorizing the enemy is a legitimate duty"; however, he points out, "legitimate terror" has many constraints.
About 250 of Mr Kony's fighters are plaguing one of the CAR's most remote corners, and the Ugandan, Central African and American troops deployed to the area haven't been able to stop them from terrorizing villages and kidnapping people.The "tongo tongo", as the local people call the LRA in the local Nzande language, arrived in the area in around 2008 or 2009 as the group was driven out of Uganda.
He persuaded the Huns, a nomadic people terrorizing northern Italy, not to attack Rome (452), and the Vandals, a Germanic people, not to sack Rome when they occupied it three years later.
Although the oculi were the most popular symbols used by early sailors, some figureheads were fashioned for the purpose of terrorizing less-civilized tribes.
1568 China 1627 China Wei Zhongxian, Wade-Giles romanization Wei Chung-hsien, also called Li Jinzhong (born 1568, Suning, now in Hebei province, China died 1627, Anhui province, China) eunuch who completely dominated the Chinese government between 1624 and 1627, ruthlessly exploiting the population and terrorizing the official class.
Its use as a weapon of war was gruesomely demonstrated during World War II, when both Allied and Axis armies committed rape as a means of terrorizing enemy civilian populations and demoralizing enemy troops.
Also of concern were the alleged actions of the Imbonerakure the youth wing of the CNDD-FDD who were said to be terrorizing opposition members and Burundians who did not support a CNDD-FDD whol bid by Nkurunziza for a third term as president.
However, if terrorizing winged monkeys and ravenous wolves become too much for you to handle, you can simply tap your silver (not ruby) slippers together and wish yourself home.
The "epidemic" of sexual violence in the conflict-ridden region was largely the result of combatants including Rwandan Hutu rebels, Congolese government soldiers, and various armed gangs—using the systematic rape of women and girls as a means of terrorizing and displacing the civilian population.
