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- adjective Stricken with
terror ; utterlyterrified .
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Examples
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As he recalled their terrorstruck faces he felt a scorn for them.
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As he recalled their terrorstruck faces he felt a scorn for them.
The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 1895
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I saw the terrorstruck faces, and their frantically waving arms! ...
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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"What ails my Lord?" with large eyes terrorstruck;
The Light of Asia Edwin Arnold 1868
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At first he had been caught and was on the point of being killed and roasted, when he wriggled out of his captor's grasp and made off to the mountains, terrorstruck!
Jarwin and Cuffy 1859
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Toulon, terrorstruck, too far gone for turning, has flung itself, ye righteous Powers, -- into the hands of the English!
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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The terrorstruck Bodyguards fly, bolting and barricading; it follows.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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