Word: terrorism
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fierceness of his ruling! O the terror of his sway...
...godlike love, the terror and the meed...
...Terror to every foeman's brand...
...Freshmen were beginning to call "More," when a sight met their eyes that froze their very marrow with terror. Following the eyes of the Clown towards the centre of the theatre, they beheld coming down the middle aisle, spectacled and grim, Xanthippe. With a bound she cleared the rope surrounding the ring, and striding up to her no longer jocund spouse, regarded him with a contemptuous stare. Cebes, muttering something about an engagement elsewhere, retired from the ring, leaving the unfortunate Clown to his fate. Socrates raised his hand with a deprecatory gesture, murmuring, "Really, my dear...
...done his work cleanly and skilfully (we will say), and is gone. No one knows who he is, what are his motives, what are his resources of courage and experience, or where he will strike next. Aristotle's requirements are fulfilled; the soul is purged by the emotions of terror and pity...