a reign of terror

a period of time when a ruler controls people in a violent and cruel way My father's generation, who lived through the reign of terror, will never forget it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Christine	krees-TEEN (French), kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German, Dutch)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Swanhild	-	German
Kern	[kə:n]
Subira	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Scheherazade	-	Literature
Lazaros	-	Biblical Greek