The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TERRORS
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What does TERRORS mean?
TERRORS noun- Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
- Something or someone that causes such fear.
- Terrorism