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scare away

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Propane cannons boom every 10 seconds, 24/7/365 to scare away the birds.

Its heft may scare away some casual readers, but Rough Country is surprisingly accessible.

I ordered them to continue making as much noise as possible, in order to scare away the animals if they really were near.

Gunners will steal from the traps, they believe, and lumbermen scare away game.

As well might the National Convention try to bribe or scare away the polarity of the mariner's compass.

It would have been bad policy, tending to scare away the citizens and to injure trade.

In one story a monk crosses his legs to scare away the specter, but forgets and presently tumbles over.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scare away, such as: agitate, alarm, astound, awe, daunt, and demoralize.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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