Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reign_of_terror

2 senses of reign of terror

Sense 1
reign of terror -- (any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France)
       => reign -- (a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism")

Sense 2
Reign of Terror -- (the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began")
       INSTANCE OF=> historic period, age -- (an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age")