REIGN OF TERROR
\ɹˈe͡ɪn ɒv tˈɛɹə], \ɹˈeɪn ɒv tˈɛɹə], \ɹ_ˈeɪ_n ɒ_v t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of REIGN OF TERROR
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any period of brutal suppression resembling the French Reign of Terror
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the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began"
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the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began"
By Princeton University
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In Fr. Hist. , a name given to the worst time of the Revolution, generally reckoned from October, 1793, to the fall of Robespierre and his fellow-Terrorists, in July, 1794.
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In Fr. Hist., the term applied to the period of the worst excesses of the first revolution. It may be set down roughly as the time between October, 1793, when the Girondists fell, to July, 1794, when Robespierre and his associates were put to death.
By Henry Percy Smith
