English English Dictionary

Earthborn; produced by the earth.

Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.

Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.

Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.

To enlarge by extension of territory.

To reduce to the condition of a territory.

of Territorialize

of Territorialize

In regard to territory; by means of territory.

Possessed of territory.

of Territory

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.

The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.

One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.