coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

panic - cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"