Pressure and Terror

Pressure

Pressure noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.

Usage example: pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider

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Terror and pressure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terror" instead a noun "Pressure".

Terror noun - A source of persistent emotional distress.

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Pressure and terror are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pressure" instead a noun "Terror".

high	high pressure	high terror
full	full pressure	full terror
sheer	sheer pressure	sheer terror
deep	deep pressure	deep terror
Other adjectives: constant, extreme, great, intense, little, tiny, psychic, psychological, extra, additional, overwhelming, mounting, added.

Nobody got it worse than Oni; at least the original Akuma used to be a terror, and even the watered-down playable version had a truckload of combos and a withering pressure game.

Source: Gameplay and Story Segregation
Especially the gang's leader Brett is a terror incarnate, possibly the most evil form of peer pressure...

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Film
Chrysalis made heavy use of terror and mind control to make the captured states her puppet countries, and managed to put the Guard under constant pressure over years in a row.

Source: Just For Fun / Ponies with Pikes

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