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as in paralyzes
to deprive of courage or confidence
the near crash of the airliner was a completely unmanning experience for the passengers
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as in discourages
to lessen the courage or confidence of
players who wouldn't let themselves be unmanned by the loss of a single game
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In fact, too much choice often paralyzes decision-making.
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Once an octopus ambushes and bites its prey, the venom in its saliva paralyzes the prey, allowing the octopus to consume it.
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Better solutions may exist, but the effort required to replace the ecosystem discourages change.
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The color yellow attracts yellow jackets and other pollinating insects, so the all-red design increases your chances of attracting hummingbirds and discourages bees and wasps from staking claim over the sweet nectar.
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What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.
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But the future Hall of Famer is coming off ACL surgery, might lack mobility, and has a receiving corps that frightens nobody.
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What frustrates me is when the CTA isn’t there.
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Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.
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Frankly, the thought of being beaten by the subscribers terrifies me.
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Aubry Bracco is the kind of player who terrifies a certain (male) demographic of Survivor alumni.
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Any loud sound just scares her terribly.
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Look directly at the thing that scares you.
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Any passenger who assaults, threatens, intimidates or interferes with airline crew members can lead to penalties of up to $43,658 per violation, according to the FAA.
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The aura of the classical guitar intimidates me.
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“Unmans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmans. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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