strike fear

verb

To terrify; to petrify [with into ‘someone’].

Meanings

verbstrike fear (third-person singular simple present strikes fear, present participle striking fear, simple past struck fear, past participle struck fear or (rare or archaic) stricken fear)

present singular third person strikes fear · participle present striking fear · past struck fear · participle past struck fear · archaic participle past rare stricken fear · alternative strike terror

  1. To terrify; to petrify [with into ‘someone’].
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