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Definition: Reign Of Terror |
Reign Of TerrorNoun1. Any period of brutal suppression resembling the French Reign of Terror. 2. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Reign of Terror The period in the French Revolution between the fall of the Girondists and overthrow of Robespierre. It lasted 420 days, from May 31st, 1793, to July 27th, 1794. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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The Terror is very aptly named. Thousands of innocent civilians were tortured and killed, sometimes for their political opinions or actions, but often for little reason whatsoever. This killing was usually through the work of the guillotine, or 'Madame Guillotine' as it was called.
The terror started on September 5, 1793 when the National Convention voted to implement terror measures to repress revolutionary activities. The ensuing "Reign of Terror" lasted until the spring of 1794, and killed 35,000 to 40,000 people.
The White Terror took place in 1815 following the return of King Louis XVIII to power; people suspected of having ties with the governments of the Revolution and Napoleon were arrested and executed.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fear | Intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror. |
Pain | Hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond; (adversity); peck of troubles; "ills that flesh is heir to"; (evil); miseries of human life; "unkindest cut of all". |
Severity | Arbitrary power; absolutism, despotism; dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression; assumption, usurpation; inquisition, reign of terror, martial law; iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway; tight grasp; brute force, brute strength; coercion; strong hand, tight hand. |
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Crosswords: Reign Of Terror |
| English words defined with "reign of terror": Danton, Domitian ♦ Georges Jacques Danton ♦ Jacobin, Jacobinism ♦ Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre ♦ Robespierre ♦ Titus Flavius Domitianus. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Reign of Terror (1949) Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934) The Reign of Terror (1914) In the Reign of Terror (1911) | |
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Economic History | Uganda | In 1978, the International Commission of Jurists estimated that more than 100,000 Ugandans had been murdered during Amin's reign of terror; some authorities place the figure much higher. (references) |
Libya | An abortive coup attempt in May 1984, apparently mounted by Libyan exiles with internal support, led to a short-lived reign of terror in which thousands were imprisoned and interrogated. (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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french revolution and the reign of terror | 10 |
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reign of terror in france | 3 |
robespierre reign of terror | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "reign of terror"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | terreur (terror), schrikbewind (terror). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | teroro (terror). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hirmuhallitus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | terreur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schreckensherrschaft. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | regno del terrore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | teror (terror). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eignray ofay errortay terrorismo (terror, terrorism). (various references) ช่วงที่มีความรุนแรงและผู้คนถูกฆ่าโ"ยผู้มีอำนาจ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-n-o-o-r-r-r-r-t" | |
-4 letters: ferreting, foreigner, referring, reroofing, retrofire. | |
-5 letters: erigeron, fingerer, foregoer, foregone, frontier, inferrer, ornerier, reorient, rooftree. | |
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