terror

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) intense dread, fright, or fear.
  2. Noun.  (countable) specific instances of being intensely terrified.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable)  the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
  4. Noun.  (countable)  something or someone that causes such fear.

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