[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"scare"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]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" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/panic]panic[/URL]] [*]a sudden attack of fear [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/panic attack]panic attack[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/frighten]frighten[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/fright]fright[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/affright]affright[/URL]] [*]cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/daunt]daunt[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/dash]dash[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/scare off]scare off[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/pall]pall[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/frighten off]frighten off[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/scare away]scare away[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/frighten away]frighten away[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/scare]http://www.word.sc/scare[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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