Synonym: alarm, electrify, frighten, shock, surprise, unnerve, upset. Similar words: startled, startling, start, start on, start up, start off, starter, upstart. Meaning: ['stɑrtl /'stɑː-] 
n. a sudden involuntary movement. v. 1. to stimulate to action 2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.
n. a sudden involuntary movement. v. 1. to stimulate to action 2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. 
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1. I didn't mean to startle you.
2. Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
3. Let's hide ourselves behind the door and startle her.
4. The news will startle the City.
5. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.
6. It offers mini-glimpses that startle.
7. Any unexpected movements can startle the animal, so it must be approached slowly and steadily.
8. If it can startle the predator in some way, there is a faint chance that the enemy may panic and flee.
9. Field experiments have proved that this startle display does indeed deter attacks from small birds.
10. The deer startle easily.
11. Though winded, the impact seemed to startle him into a state of panic.
12. All will welcome you or your guests, but startle intruders.
13. The man was awaken with a startle.
14. Would he startle him with sudden fear?
15. They have nightmares, they startle easily.
16. He gave me a startle.
17. The least noise would startle the timid child.
18. I hope I didn't startle you.
19. Each anemone maintained its "startle response" for anywhere from about 3 to 20 minutes, but the duration was roughly the same in response to every squirt.
20. They found that varenicline significantly reduced startle reactivity and saccade errors, regardless of subjects' smoking status.
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21. Eventually the human volunteers exhibited a startle response upon seeing the first spider without the pain stimulus being administered.
22. They sleep during the day, so if you stumble across one and startle it awake, they can be dangerous.
23. These do not function as deflection devices but as startle displays.
24. All three were drinking whisky, barely moistened with soda water, with a rapidity that had ceased to startle their friends.
25. The golden crown of a sugar maple tinged with orange can startle you with its luminescence.
26. When some chinese idioms are tramslated into English, Their meanings may startle some English readers.
27. Don't hit the fruit in the tree with stones, it'll startle the birds living here.
28. Sometimes a sudden shift in color can be used to startle potential predators or threaten intruders.
29. Objective To study the role of basolateral amygdala in startle conditioned reflex.
30. Aim: To inquire a new credible animal model in studies of startle conditioned reflex.
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