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scare

(sk/(@)/r )

noun (n)

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events(noun.state)

Example:
A war scare.
A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.

Synonym:
panic

source: wordnet30
a sudden attack of fear(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
panic attack

source: wordnet30
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

cause fear in(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
affright, fright, frighten

source: wordnet30
cause to lose courage(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off

source: wordnet30
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.(verb)

source: webster1913

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