Frighten
Frighten verb - To strike with fear.
Intrude and frighten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intrude" instead a verb "Frighten".
Nearby Words: frightening, fright, frighting
Common collocations
| people | frighten people | intrude people |
Both words in one sentence
- On another note, the Thieves' Guild prefers to incapacitate or frighten its victims into handing over their possessions rather than killing them outright, because that would intrude on another Guild's territory (the Assassins' Guild).
Source: Con Men Hate Guns
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Intrude and Frighten. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/frighten/intrude
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