Word of the Day: Scare

scare / ˈsker   verb  

1. to frighten or fill with terror

It’s not the violence of the few that scares me, it’s the silence of the many. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968   noun  

1. an instance of fear

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. Edgar Watson Howe, 1853-1937  

2. panic in large groups of people

Millions of tiny caterpillars that shoot toxic hairs have triggered a health scare in the Netherlands… phys.org/news/2019-07-toxic-caterpillars-dutch-health.html