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[ verb ] cause fear in

Synonyms

scare affright fright

Examples

"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

Used in print

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

The question frightened Andrei .

2
[ verb ] drive out by frightening

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

The mere fact that the tall figure with the rifle and field_glasses had been seen riding that way was enough to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the Upper_Laramie country in a single week .

Related terms

chase_away

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