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For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare.
Reince Priebus

Meaning of "scare tactics" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCARE TACTICS

scare tactics  [skɛə ˈtæktɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCARE TACTICS

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scare tactics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCARE TACTICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scare Tactics

Scare Tactics is a hidden camera/comedy television show, produced by Kevin Healey and Scott Hallock. Its first two seasons aired from April 2003 to December 2004. After a hiatus, the show returned for a third season, beginning July 9, 2008. The first season of the show was hosted by Shannen Doherty. Stephen Baldwin took her place in the middle of the second season. Since the beginning of the third season, the show has been hosted by Tracy Morgan. The fourth season began on October 6, 2009. In Europe, the first season of the program aired on MTV Central from 2003 to 2004. The show is also broadcast in Australia on Fox8, in Canada on MTV, in India on AXN, in Russia on MTV Russia , in Turkey on Dream TV, in Poland on TV Puls, in Finland on Jim, in South Korea on Q TV, in Sweden initially on TV6, and currently on TV11.

Definition of scare tactics in the English dictionary

The definition of scare tactics in the dictionary is tactics designed to cause fear or alarm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCARE TACTICS


aquatics
əˈkwætɪks
athletics
æθˈlɛtɪks
cosmetics
kɒzˈmetɪks
diagnostics
ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪks
dialectics
ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪks
didactics
dɪˈdæktɪks
genetics
dʒɪˈnɛtɪks
gymnastics
dʒɪmˈnæstɪks
logistics
lɒˈdʒɪstɪks
mathematics
ˌmæθəˈmætɪks
optics
ˈɒptɪks
orthotics
ɔːˈθɒtɪks
phonotactics
ˈfəʊnəʊˌtæktɪks
politics
ˈpɒlɪtɪks
statics
ˈstætɪks
statistics
stəˈtɪstɪks
sticks
stɪks
synectics
sɪˈnɛktɪks
syntactics
sɪnˈtæktɪks
tactics
ˈtæktɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCARE TACTICS

scarce as hen´s teeth
scarcely
scarcement
scarcities
scarcity
scarcity value
scare
scare quotes
scare story
scare the pants off
scarecrow
scared
scared to death
scaredy
scaredy-cat
scarehead
scaremonger
scaremongering
scarer
scarey

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCARE TACTICS

acoustics
aeronautics
aesthetics
antics
bioinformatics
bullying tactics
electromagnetics
informatics
kinetics
linguistics
office politics
pneumatics
robotics
semantics
shock tactics
smear tactics
steamroller tactics
telematics
therapeutics
wait-and-see tactics

Synonyms and antonyms of scare tactics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scare tactics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCARE TACTICS

Find out the translation of scare tactics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scare tactics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scare tactics» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恐吓战术
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tácticas de miedo
570 millions of speakers

English

scare tactics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डराने रणनीति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكتيكات تخويف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тактика запугивания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

táticas de intimidação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্লভ কৌশল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tactique de la peur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Taktik menakutkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Panikmache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脅しの策略
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

겁 전술
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Taktik ajrih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiến thuật sợ hãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயமுறுத்தும் தந்திரங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घाबरण्याचे तंत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkutma taktikleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tattiche intimidatorie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

taktyka zastraszania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тактика залякування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tactici sperie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τακτικές εκφοβισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bang taktiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrämseltaktik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skremselspropaganda
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scare tactics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCARE TACTICS»

The term «scare tactics» is regularly used and occupies the 90.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCARE TACTICS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scare tactics

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2 QUOTES WITH «SCARE TACTICS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scare tactics.
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Reince Priebus
For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare.
2
Sam Shepard
Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCARE TACTICS»

Discover the use of scare tactics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scare tactics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scare Tactics: Supernatural Fiction by American Women
These include stories by familiar figures such as Edith Wharton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as by authors almost wholly unknown to twenty-first-century readers, such as Josephine Dodge Bacon, Alice Brown, ...
Jeffrey Weinstock, 2009
2
Scare Tactics: The Art, Craft, and Trade Secrets of Writing, ...
An insider's guide to the creative end of horror movie making, from concept to saleable package
John Russo, 1992
3
Scare Tactics: Arguments that Appeal to Fear and Threats
Scare Tactics, the first book on the subject, provides a theory of the structure of reasoning used in fear and threat appeal argumentation.
Douglas Walton, 2010
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Scare Tactics: The Politics of International Rivalry
Colaresi contends, however, that if leaders avoid threat Inflation and rivalry outbidding, a deteriorating status quo can also spur cooperation and peace."--BOOK JACKET.
Michael P. Colaresi, 2005
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Scare Tactics
Hoping to resume an almost-normal life with his son five years after his wife is murdered, horror writer Nick Cross is astonished when his son disappears without a trace and his biggest fan is found dead. Original.
Elizabeth Manz, 1996
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Scare Tactics, Ordinary Consequences, and Parental Advice: ...
Much research examines how drugs are socially constructed at the broad macro level, such as how certain drugs are associated with stigmatized minority populations or how drug use is individualized among "bad apples".
Jeff McCully, 2007
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Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: Scare Tactics
Batman must face the madness of the Mad Hatter, and then take on the Talons of the Court of Owls!
Tony S. Daniel, Ed Benes
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Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: Scare Tactics (the New 52)
When a string of robberies and other crimes occur in Gotham City, caused by the terrifying killer known as Mr. Toxic, the Dark Knight has to piece together the mystery while dealing with an attack on Arkham Asylum.
Antonio Salvador Daniel, Gregg Hurwitz, James Tynion (IV.), 2013
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False Fixes: The Cultural Politics of Drugs, Alcohol, and ...
Its ads employ scare tactics such as the one which shows a fried egg ("this is your brain on drugs"), which has been satirized on t- shirts, and photos of people holding a gun up their noses with the caption, "cocaine." But a study could not show ...
David Forbes, 1994
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Scare Tactics
These seven short stories take you on a trip through the twilight world of the supernatural, which include: the terrifying universe where men fall in love with monsters; a troubled child¡s nightmares which prove to be real; a house which ...
David Whitehead, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCARE TACTICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scare tactics is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aguilar: Let's get facts straight, not give in to scare tactics on …
However, what is more important is that the piece includes glaring inaccuracies, and uses political scare tactics when a broad majority of people would actually ... «The Colorado Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Budget Cuts or Scare Tactics?
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Herb Frierson (pictured), R-Poplarville, called a meeting with state agency directors and told the group to ... «Jackson Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Scare tactics used to chase polar bear
Conservation crews in the Canadian territory of Nunavut use scare cartridges to chase a polar bear away from a campground. Embed.