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scare tactics

scare tactics is the plural of scare tactic.

Meaning of scare tactic

Noun

scare tactic (plural scare tactics)

  1. A type of psychological manipulation regarding a particular issue in which fear or alarm is aroused.
    • I think it's a scare tactic. The lockout will get publicity and then people will be less confident about coming to future rallies.1981 February 7, Joanne Brown, anonymous quotee, “Anti-Inauguration March Calls For Unity Of Left”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 3

Questions about scare tactics

What is scare tactics the plural of?
Scare tactics is the plural of scare tactic.

Words near scare tactics in the dictionary

  1. scare someone to death
  2. scare stories
  3. scare story
  4. scare straight
  5. scare tactic
  6. scare tactics
  7. scare the bejeebers out of
  8. scare the daylights out of
  9. scare the hell out of
  10. scare the hoes
  11. scare the horses

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