Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb terrorize

2 senses of terrorize

Sense 1
terrorize, terrorise -- (coerce by violence or with threats)
       => coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information")

Sense 2
terrify, terrorize, terrorise -- (fill with terror; frighten greatly)
       => frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")