If we give 'em a sufficiently terrifying threat they'll probably beg us to let them surrender.
The most terrifying threat of the holiday season is not Y2K computer failure.
But now, to the uncertainty about his future funding, was added a new and more terrifying threat.
Nuclear terrorism has emerged as a terrifying new threat.
With unemployment high, that was a terrifying threat for the 12,000 strikers.
For 17 communities along the island, fire is a terrifying threat.
The solution they finally piece together is an ironic one, with a terrifying implied threat to the future of today's world.
I recalled how terrifying the threat of losing that had been.
What else can I do, but bow to such a terrifying threat?
Saddam is a threat to his own country, and a terrifying threat to us.