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• olla peloissaan• paniikki• pakokauhu• hätkähtää• hätkähdyttää• järkyttää• huolestuttaa• hirvittää• huolettaa• epäilyttää• alistaa• ajatteluttaa• arastella• arkailla• askarruttaa• ujostella• kauhistaa• karmaista• kauhistuttaa• kavahtaa• kammoksuttaa• kammottaa• kainostella• pelästyä• pelätä• pelottaa• pelko• pelotella• pelästyttää• pelästys• säikäyttää• säpsähtää• säikähtää• säikyttää• säikähdys• säikkyä* * *skeə 1. verb(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) pelästyttää2. noun1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) pelästys2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) pelko•- scared- scarecrow
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• terroristi* * *noun (a person who tries to frighten people or governments into doing what he/she wants by using or threatening violence: The plane was hijacked by terrorists; ( also adjective) terrorist activities.) terroristi
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