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scare

Nouns

• (n) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
  • panic in the stock market
  • a war scare
  • a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
  panic,
• (n) a sudden attack of fear panic attack,

Verbs

• (v) cause fear in
  • The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
  • Ghosts could never affright her
  affright, fright, frighten,
• (v) cause to lose courage
  • dashed by the refusal
  daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, pall, dash,

Synonyms

panic affright fright frighten panic attack daunt frighten away frighten off scare away scare off pall dash

See also

daunt frighten away frighten off scare away scare off pall dash

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