Definition of 'scare'

Noun

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"
      Synonyms: panic
2. a sudden attack of fear
      Synonyms: panic attack

Verb

1. cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
      Synonyms: frighten fright affright
2. cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
      Synonyms: daunt dash scare off pall frighten off scare away frighten away

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