intense fear

collocation in English

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intense
adjective
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/ɪnˈtens/us
/ɪnˈtens/
extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) ...
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fear
noun[C or U]
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/fɪər/us
/fɪr/
an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or ...
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(Definition ofintenseandfearfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, she consistently succumbs to her similarlyintensefearof the intimacy which she rightly believes honesty with her friends will encourage.
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Such events do not naturally invoke in us a sense of severe threat orintensefear; therefore they are not salient for threat simulation.
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He projectsintensefearinto the combatants, rendering them unconscious.
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In the thrall of anintensefear, no matter how fast the chambers of the heart accelerate, the rhythm slowly becomes regular.
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He also has a little cousin and has anintensefearof public speaking.
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He has anintensefearof cold, called cryophobia.
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These subjects also reported a moreintensefearfrom the films and greater mean intensity of negative memories than control subjects.
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Panic attacks can also occur underintensefearand discomfort.
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The person's response involvedintensefear, helplessness, or horror.
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It is characterized byintensefearin one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.
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The men are filmed in extreme closeup as they are interviewed and express in words the mostintensefear and exhilaration they ever experienced while in combat.
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Bouffee delirante reactions are sudden attacks of brief duration with paranoid delusions and often concomitant hallucinations, typically precipitated by anintensefearof magical persecution through sorcery or witchcraft.
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She remembers pieces of her old life, bits about a child who seems to be important to her, and she also remembers anintensefearof water.
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Parrots don't often do well in captivity, causing some parrots to go insane and develop repetitive behaviors, such as swaying, screaming, or they become riddled withintensefear.
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Excessive fasting for calorie restrictive purposes, accompanied by intense fears of becoming overweight, are associated with mental disturbances, including anorexia nervosa.
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Other symptoms usually include intense fears of abandonment and intense anger and irritability, the reason for which others have difficulty understanding.
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Like all traits, there is variability in the intensity of fears of spiders, and those with more intense fears are classified as phobic.
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