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frighten

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frighten/ˈfrʌɪtn/

▶verb cause to be afraid.

■ (frighten someone off) drive someone away by frightening them.

– derivatives
frightened adjective,
frightening adjective,
frighteningly adverb.

'frighten' also found in these Oxford entries:

afeared - affright - aghast - alarm - bugbear - chill - deter - fear - fright - haze - intimidate - scare - scarify - shoo - spook - terrible - terrific - terror - wind

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