scare / ˈsker
verb 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 an instance of fear A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. Edgar Watson Howe, 1853-1937 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