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frighten off

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Verb1.frighten off - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats


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The porters lighted torches now and waved them upon either hand to frighten off the beasts of prey.
We then retraced our steps for our meat being convinced by our own experience that those aboard the U-33 had been able to frighten off this party with a single shell--but when we came to where we had left the deer it had disappeared.
Only Spitz quivered and bristled as he staggered back and forth, snarling with horrible menace, as though to frighten off impending death.
 
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