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Definition of SCARE

Scare
Scare Scare, n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]
Scare
Scare Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang] Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.

Meaning of SCARE from wikipedia

- A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of leftist ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism...
- Lupia, Arthur; Menning, Jesse O. (January 2009). "When Can Politicians Scare Citizens Into Supporting Bad Policies?". American Journal of Political Science...
- A jump scare (also written jump-scare and jumpscare) is a scaring technique used in media, particularly in films such as horror films and video games such...
- Scare quotes (also called shudder quotes, and sneer quotes,) are quotation marks that writers place around a word or phrase to signal that they are using...
- The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homo****ual people in the United States government which led to their m**** dismissal from government service...
- Red Scare is an American cultural commentary and humor podcast founded in March 2018 and hosted by Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan. The show has been...
- McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and ****cution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of...
- The Scares or the Scare Rocks are rocky islets in Luce Bay off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. By far the largest is Big Scare. There is...
- Scare Tactics is an American comedy horror hidden camera television show created by Scott Hallock and Kevin Healey and aired on Syfy from April 4, 2003...
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