Reign of Terror

noun

1. a period of the French Revolution, from about March, 1793, to July, 1794, during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.
2. (lowercase) any period or situation of ruthless administration or oppression.

Reign of Terror

noun

1. the period of Jacobin rule during the French Revolution, during which thousands of people were executed for treason (Oct 1793–July 1794)

Reign of Terror

1. A phase of the French Revolution aimed at destroying all alleged pockets of resistance to the revolution. Robespierre was a leader of the Terror, during which thousands were sent to the guillotine .

Example Sentences

During the French Revolution, royal family members and aristocrats went underground to escape the Reign of Terror.

From Literature

Other real-life subjects include the father of the atomic bomb, a lauded American conductor and the victims and perpetrators of the Reign of Terror in the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma.

From New York Times

The film recounts a period known as the Reign of Terror, when at least 24 Osage were murdered in a conspiracy to get their mineral rights.

From Los Angeles Times

The agency conducted a sprawling investigation that culminated in the arrests of three of Brown’s relatives, including her brother-in-law, Ernest Burkhart, bringing an end to what the Osage called the Reign of Terror.

From New York Times

The era is often referred to as the Osage Reign of Terror, an odd description that wrongly implies the Osage were somehow responsible for the horrors perpetuated on them.

From New York Times