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Verb: frighten away
  1. Cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
    "frightened away by the refusal";
    - daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, scare

Derived forms: frightened away, frightening away, frightens away

See also: scare

Type of: intimidate, put the frigheners on [Brit, informal], put the screws on [informal]