Reign of terror

Synonyms for "reign of terror" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
authoritarian ruledespotism

Strong matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
era of terror

Related words (8)

Noun(5 words)
oppressive regimeperiod of terrorrule by fearterror regimetyranny

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
eragovernmenthistorical periodpolitical regimereign

More specific

6 entries
autocracyautocratic rulecensorshipdictatorshipmass executionspolitical repression

Collocations

5 entries
French Revolutionmass executionspolitical persecutionpolitical repressionstate violence

Inflections

1 entries
reigns of terror