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What is another word for scare away?

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Verb

To detract, dissuade, or scare off

terrorize^US

make one's hair stand on end

scare to death

make one's blood run cold

terrorise^UK

appall^US

appal^UK

demoralize^US

disburb

stiff

put the wind up

scare the bejesus out of

demoralise^UK

scare stiff

freeze your blood

scare the living daylights out of

put the fear of God into

make someone jump out of their skin

scare the pants off

give someone goose pimples

scare someone half to death

scare someone out of their wits

fill with fear

make one's flesh creep

give someone the heebie-jeebies

throw into a blue funk

scare the pants off of

make someone jump out of his skin

browbeat

bulldoze

astound

scare the daylights out of

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

tyrannize^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

tyrannise^UK

frighten the living daylights out of

frighten the life out of

fret

hassle

fill with terror

make someone's blood run cold

use strong-arm tactics on

give someone a fright

haunt

sadden

make afraid

make someone's hair stand on end

bludgeon

frighten someone out of their wits

send into a cold sweat

make someone shake in their shoes

scare the life out of

chill someone's blood

scare the hell out of

make someone's hair curl

frighten out of your wits

victimize^US

victimise^UK

mess with someone's head

become horror-stricken

blind someone with something

frighten off

take your breath away

stampede

baffle

destabilize^US

unbalance

send chills down the spine of

destabilise^UK

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

heckle

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

put someone off their stride

put out of countenance

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

put through the wringer

lord it over

hold a gun to one's head

weigh heavily on one's mind

bring pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

give someone the creeps

make someone want to throw up

fill with consternation

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“Since many local shopkeepers think they will scare away customers if hired, they are cut off even from low-level jobs.”

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