how to pronounce terrify

/ˈtɛɹ.ə.faɪ/

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terrify is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of terrify in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… you urging government to terrify and to …”

meaning of terrify

Terrify means to cause to feel fear.

terrify frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word terrify occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics terrify can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that terrify can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;