Scare and Warn

Scare

Scare verb - To strike with fear.

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Warn and scare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Warn" instead a verb "Scare".

Nearby Words: scar, scared, scary, scaring

Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

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Scare and warn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scare" instead a verb "Warn".

Nearby Words: warning, warned

people	scare people	warn people
group	scare group	warn group
men	scare men	warn men
children	scare children	warn children
Other words: family, someone, crew, rest, audience, brother, anyone, player, enemy, everybody, everyone, humans, viewers, kids, friends, players, heroes, girls.

And there's always an African mook around to warn the villain not to remove the mask and scare the other mooks into leaving the room.

Source: Comic Strip / The Phantom
Timmy in a Well: Done when Lame Gag, one of the Cat Scare-parody cats, meows to Dawson and Martina, evidently to warn them that Slab is OD-ing on steroids.

Source: Film / Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
This is actually the main gist of two Chinese proverbs- "Kill one to warn a hundred", and "Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkeys".

Source: Make an Example of Them

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