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An effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
製造恐慌 /制造恐慌
(zhìzào kǒnghuāng)
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something
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Chinese Mandarin:
危言聳聽 /危言耸听
(wēiyánsǒngtīng)
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something
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Chinese Mandarin:
妖言惑眾 /妖言惑众
(yāoyánhuòzhòng)
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something
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Chinese Mandarin:
恐慌大眾 /恐慌大众
(kǒnghuāng dàzhòng)
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something
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Danish:
skræmmekampagne
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something
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Finnish:
pelottelukampanja
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something
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German:
Angstkampagne
— effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something