reign of terror

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreign of terrorreign of terrora period when a ruler or a government kills many of their political opponents → reignExamples from the Corpusreign of terror• One of the H. Fire development bright colours within only a few days and began a reign of terror.• He was, simultaneously, a loving father and sensitive poet and a ruthless dictator who presided over a reign of terror.• The Grantley Ripper looked set for a long reign of terror.• The invasion ended the four-year-long reign of terror.• Some reformists suggest it was part of a proposed reign of terror.• The team is based in a local government building, bugged during Ceaucescu's reign of terror.• Heaven knows what his victim had been eating before the battle, but it ended Seiguard's reign of terror, permanently.

单词	reign of terror
释义	reign of terror From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreign of terrorreign of terrora period when a ruler or a government kills many of their political opponents → reignExamples from the Corpusreign of terror• One of the H. Fire development bright colours within only a few days and began a reign of terror.• He was, simultaneously, a loving father and sensitive poet and a ruthless dictator who presided over a reign of terror.• The Grantley Ripper looked set for a long reign of terror.• The invasion ended the four-year-long reign of terror.• Some reformists suggest it was part of a proposed reign of terror.• The team is based in a local government building, bugged during Ceaucescu's reign of terror.• Heaven knows what his victim had been eating before the battle, but it ended Seiguard's reign of terror, permanently.
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