scare
IPA: skˈɛr
noun
- A minor fright.
- A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
- A device or object used to frighten.
verb
- To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
adjective
- lean; scanty
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Examples of "scare" in Sentences
- Today, he warned against what he called scare tactics in the debate over Social Security.
- President Bush warned that his critics are using what he called scare tactics to discredit his proposal.
- If you couldn't care less about money except perhaps about making more of it, like most of us do, don't let the title scare you away.
- In the U.S., food irradiation is used for various products, including ground beef, but most retailers resist the practice, lest the word irradiated'' on the label scare off customers.
- The 3 Geeks Super-Sized Swimsuit Spectacular - while the whole comics/swimsuits thing is very 1990s and pretty much played out by the Amazing Heroes specials long before Marvel and Image started doing them, don't let the title scare you off...this is classic 3 Geeks material.
- QUIJANO: Yet without mentioning Republicans by name, the president blasted what he called scare tactics by opponents, calling the notion of a bureaucratic death panel a lie, and he insisted illegal immigrants would not be covered, prompting an outburst from South Carolina GOP Congressman Joe Wilson.
- QUIJANO: Yet, without mentioning Republicans by name, the president blasted what he called scare tactics by opponents, calling the notion of a bureaucratic "death panel" a lie and he insisted illegal immigrants would not be covered, prompting an outburst from South Carolina GOP Congressman Joe Wilson.
- President Obama took the bully pulpit to New Hampshire on Tuesday to counter what he called scare tactics from opponents of his health-care reform efforts, but it's clear that the health debate has become a proxy for a bigger fight over whether the federal government is assuming too much control over the economy.
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