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• n  a sudden involuntary movement
• v  to stimulate to action
  ..startled him awake
• v  move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
  She startled when I walked into the room

• Is that an ATM in the church lobby? Credit and debit card swipe machines in churches may startle some of the pious, but such kiosks, already present in some houses of worship .
• But Zelomek's idea of recession may startle many businessmen.
• A small but intriguing study suggests that people who startle more easily and react more to threat tend to subscribe to more traditionally conservative politics.

• jump
• start
• galvanize
• galvanise

News & Articles

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• Oregon workers rescue fawn
  Public transit workers in Oregon rescued a baby deer that was taking a cat nap on the train tracks! The fawn... Which workers nicknamed "Bambi" Was found sleeping on the tracks at a tri-met commuter rail facility around six o'clock Monday morning in Wilsonville. This video, released by Trimet Shows an employee carefully putting a blanket over the fawn... Trying not to disturb or startle the ...
  June 13, 2013 - WPTZ Burlington
• Study: Yellowstone Wolves Don’t Harm Elk Pregnancy
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wolves don't appear to startle female elk that range east of Yellowstone National Park sufficiently or frequently enough during the winter to cause them to lose weight and reduce their ability to carry fetuses to birth in the springtime, according to a study released Tuesday. Previous studies offered no consensus on whether Yellowstone's reintroduced wolves have caused "non ...
  June 11, 2013 - Flathead Beacon
• Study: Y'stone wolves don't harm elk pregnancy
  A new study says wolves don't startle female elk that winter east of Yellowstone National Park sufficiently to make them lose weight or harm their birthing rates.
  June 11, 2013 - KECI Missoula