8
terrify(verb, scare, frighten)
7
approach(noun, verb, meet, appear, mount)
7
bespeak(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
7
bulldoze(verb, make, force, press, rule)
7
forewarn(verb, order, give, tell, prepare)
7
hector(verb, rule, harass, protest, bend)
7
overhang(verb, bother, near, appear, mount)
7
point(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
6
alert(verb, order, prompt, inform, warn)
6
await(verb, show, appear, mount, soar)
6
bluster(verb, rule, harass, protest, bend)
6
denounce(verb, attack, oppose, criticize, provoke)
6
lower(verb, adjective, bother, near, appear)
6
terrorise
6
undermine(verb, challenge, weaken, dent, excavate)
5
anticipate(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
5
call(verb, indicate, hunch, predict, presentiment)
5
coerce(verb, make, force, press, harass)
5
come on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, appear, mount)
5
foreshow(verb, call, indicate, hunch, predict)
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