frighten

• Not only does this tactic not work (brutality fosters violence), but it clearly fits the definition of terrorism: unlawful violence intended to frighten or coerce a people or government in order to achieve a political or ideological agenda. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
• Butrick then used the e-mail accounts to send messages in October with the intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten or abuse, according to the complaint. —  JSOnline.com
• "The film's craftsmanship is ingenious, but the enterprise is not in service to thrill or frighten (as, I say very generally, Jackson's films that follow are) in as much as it is to separate more callow viewers from their lunch." —  GreenCine Daily
• You become harder to move, frighten, arouse, provoke, jangle. —  A Striped Armchair
• One should take care and use the minimum level of shock to get the dog to obey, and the shocks should not be of intensities that will frighten or distress them. —  xml's Blinklist.com

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