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1. Cause fear in
   - frighten, fright, affright
    
2. Cause to lose courage
   - daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away

1. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
   "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
   - panic
    
2. A sudden attack of fear
   - panic attack

Derived forms: scaring, scared, scares

See also: scarer, scarey [non-standard]

Type of: anxiety, anxiousness, excite, fear, fearfulness, fright, intimidate, restrain, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Scare