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Terreur.

the Reign of Terror

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/tɛ.ʁœʁ//te.ʁœʁ/
  1. the Reign of Terror

Where this word comes from

From terreur (“terror”), named so after the violence of the period, where over a thousand people were massacred or executed by guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety under Maximilien Robespierre.

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