scare-n; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: widespread panic or anxiety of a populace

Commentary: SCARE[+event][+social][+panic][+widespread][+of_populace]

Examples:
There has been a recent scare about the safety of spinach and lettuce.
Everyone had to leave the building because of a bomb scare.
The scare about the insolvency of major banks sent stocks tumbling today.

Mappings:
PropBank: scare.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: personal emotion of fright

Commentary: SCARE[+state][+emotional][+personal][+fright]

Examples:
It gave us quite a scare when Johnny fell out of the tree.
The scare from the lightening boom sent the cat under the couch.
The new slasher horror film is a scare a minute.

Mappings:
PropBank: scare.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2