reign of terror

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	age, historic period,
definition	:	an era of history having some distinctive feature (noun.time)

2. any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France (noun.time)

hypernym	:	reign,
definition	:	a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (noun.time)

domain category	:	act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act,
definition	:	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 (noun.act)