REIGN OF TERROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reign of Terror mean? 

• REIGN OF TERROR (noun)
  The noun REIGN OF TERROR has 2 senses:

1. any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France

2. the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed

  Familiarity information: REIGN OF TERROR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REIGN OF TERROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("reign of terror" is a kind of...):

reign (a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began

Instance hypernyms:

age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)

 Context examples 

We can't have this reign of terror, Mr. Malone.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)