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scare
noun
verb
A sudden attack of fear
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noun
A sudden attack of fear
noun
Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
“Panic in the stock market”
verb
Cause fear in
“The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”
verb
Cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
“Dashed by the refusal”
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Panic in the stock market
A war scare
A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Ghosts could never affright her
Dashed by the refusal
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