[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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